- a variation of lower.
lour
Americannoun
verb
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Now's the day, and now's the hour; See the front o' battle lour: See approach proud Edward's power— Chains and slaverie!
From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Harper Elliston remained in his room until a late lour.
From Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express by A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
What though the clouds that o'er me lour Have tinged ye with a mournful hue, Deep in my heart I felt your power, And bless ye, while I sigh—Adieu!
From The Diary of an Ennuyée by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
Fraunc homme et de fraunc estat et eux nient seisi de luy, come de lour villein prest etc.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
How peaceful lies this palace, yet I see The war clouds lour upon its roofs.
From The Buddha A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes by Paul Carus
On press night, clouds loured over the first play, drizzle dampened the second, and unremitting rain called an early halt to the third.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2012
A darkness loured all day in the west even under the rain-clouds.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
A gloomy melancholy air loured on the brows of our shipmates, and a dreadful silence reigned amongst us.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Robert Kerr
When the first days of August loured over the world, time seemed to stand still.
From Drum Taps by Walt Whitman
It had overspread the west, and loured upon the river, on whose yet unruffled waters the giant shadows of the mountains were casting a still deeper gloom.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
It’s finished in a louring Baconian grey, the colour of a hospital gurney.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2016
The tour was fraught, the death of Curtis louring over it.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
Biggest Upset: The inclusion of Nick Cave on the festival lineup raised some eyebrows as to how, say, Red Hot Chili Pepper fans would react to Cave’s unique brand of darkly louring poetic rock.
From Time ● Apr. 23, 2013
And in some of the drawings, the perspective is clearly altered to emphasise the sinister, louring effects of the temple colonnades.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2013
As soon as tea was over Margaret and Monica went away to practise a duet; and in the manner of their going from the room Pauline felt the louring of the atmosphere.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
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