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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Stournoun
Assault; incursion; tumult. Obsolete.
Etymology: stur, Runick, a battle; steoran , Saxon, to disturb.
And he that harrow’d hell with heavy stour,
The faulty souls from thence brought to his heavenly bowr. Fairy Queen.Love, that long since has to thy mighty powre
Per force subdu’d my poor captived heart,
And raging now therein with restless stowre,
Do’st tyrannize in every weaker part. Edmund Spenser.The giant struck so mainly merciless,
That cou’d have overthrown a stonny tower,
And were not heavenly grace that him did bless,
He had been pouldered all as thin as flower,
But he was wary of that deadly stowre. Fairy Queen.
Webster Dictionary
Stournoun
a battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion
Stouradjective
tall; strong; stern
Etymology: [See Stoor, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stour
stowr, n. a tumult, battle, assault: a paroxysm. [O. Fr. estour, tumult.]
Anagrams for Stour »
roust
rusot
sutor
torus
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Stour in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Stour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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