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stoor¹

  • /stɔː/ UK
  • /stʊə/ UK
  • /stɔɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English storen, *sturien, from Old English *storian, variant of styrian (“to stir, move”), from Proto-Germanic *sturōną (“to turn, disturb”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”). Cognate with Dutch storen (“to disturb”), Middle Low German stören (“to stir”), German stören (“to disturb”), dialectal German sturen (“to poke, root”). See stir.

verb stoors · stooring · stoored · stour

  1. UK, dialectal, intransitive To move; stir.
  2. UK, dialectal, intransitive To move actively; keep stirring.
  3. UK, dialectal, intransitive To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
  4. UK, dialectal, transitive To stir up, as liquor.
  5. UK, dialectal, transitive To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
  6. UK, dialectal, transitive To sprinkle.

noun stoors · stour

  1. UK, dialectal Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
  2. UK, dialectal A gush of water.
  3. UK, dialectal Spray.
  4. UK, dialectal A sufficient quantity of yeast for brewing.

stoor²

  • /stɔː/ UK
  • /stʊə/ UK
  • /stɔɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

See stour.

adjective stoorer · more stoor · stoorest · most stoor

  1. alternative Alternative form of stour.stour A fenny gooſe, even as her fleſhe is blacker, ſtoorer, unholſomer, ſo is her feather, for the ſame cauſe, courſer, ſtoorer, and rougher, and therefore I have heard very good fletchers ſay, that the ſecond fether in ſome place is better than the pinion in other ſome.

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