lour
Americannoun
verb
Other Word Forms
- louring adjective
- louringly adverb
Example Sentences
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And the boatman who at twilight hour Once that magic vision shall have seen, Heedless how the crags may round him lour, Evermore will haunt the charméd scene.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
Et de Villeins sont lour gaignures appelle Villenages.'
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
"Aha, that should mean shiners, plenty o' lour, Benno?"
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery
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 Charles Dickens and Music by Lightwood, James T.
He looks askance, and sees young eyes that lour On him, so comely once, unsightly grown: The faded roses make a scented bower, But aged man seems spurned by man alone.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
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