Blore
//blɔː(ɹ)// name, noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. obsolete
"a most tempestuous blore"
Verb
- 1 To cry; cry out; weep. archaic, dialectal
- 2 To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow. archaic, dialectal
Proper Noun
- 1 A village in Blore-with-Swinscoe parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK137493). countable, uncountable
- 2 A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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Etymology 1
From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare.
Etymology 2
Perhaps from blore above, a variant of blare, affected by blow. Compare also Gaelic and Irish blor (“a loud noise”).
Etymology 3
From Old English blōr (“swelling”).
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