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Stoor
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- 1 Alternative form of stour. alt-of, alternative
"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."
- 1 Stir; bustle; agitation; contention. UK, dialectal
- 2 A gush of water. UK, dialectal
- 3 Spray. UK, dialectal
- 4 A sufficient quantity of yeast for brewing. UK, dialectal
- 1 To move; stir. UK, dialectal, intransitive
- 2 To move actively; keep stirring. UK, dialectal, intransitive
- 3 To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc. UK, dialectal, intransitive
- 4 To stir up, as liquor. UK, dialectal, transitive
- 5 To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high. UK, dialectal, transitive
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- 6 To sprinkle. UK, dialectal, transitive
Etymology
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.
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.
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