stoor

British  

/ stuːr /

noun

1. a variant of stour

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Example Sentences

In the eastern city of Umea, Krister Stoor, a professor of language studies who teaches “Stolen” as part of his university curriculum, has seen a major transformation in the local literary festival.

From New York Times

Julie Stoor, president of the Infection Prevention Society, said it was an "interesting study" that would need to be built on.

From BBC

Such a man was Chaucer’s Reeve, though he did not waste land, for the reason that one does not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs: His lordes sheep, his neet, his dayerye, His swyn, his hors, his stoor and his pultrye, Was hoolly in this reves governing, And by his covenaunt yaf the rekening....

From Project Gutenberg

Stoor, stōōr, n. dust in motion—hence commotion, bustle: a gush of water.—v.t. to stir up, to pour out.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

The butcher was in his tall leathern boots, redolent of suet; the miller, in white cap, hoary with the “stoor” of the mill; the blacksmith, with wide hose hidden under an apron of singed sheepskin; and the tailor’s jour, with his bowed legs encased in a covering of cotton velveteen.

From Project Gutenberg