clour

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noun

A field.

OriginMiddle English cloure →
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Meanings

clour1

nounclour (plural clours)

plural clours

  1. obsoleteA field.

clour2

verbclour (third-person singular simple present clours, present participle clouring, simple past and past participle cloured)

present singular third person clours · participle present clouring · participle past cloured · past cloured

  1. ScotlandtransitiveTo inflict a blow on; punch.
  2. ScotlandtransitiveTo make a dent or bump on; ding.
nounclour (plural clours)

plural clours

  1. ScotlandA blow or impingement.

Origin

clour · noun

  1. Middle Englishcloure“field”
  2. Englishclour

From Middle English cloure (“field”).

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clour · verb, noun

  1. Early Scotsclour
  2. Scotsclour
  3. Englishclour

From Scots clour, from Early Scots clour, clowr (“a lump or swelling caused by a blow, welt”), of uncertain origin. Often assumed to be a variant of Scots cloor (“to scratch; a scratch”), from Norwegian klore (“to scratch with the nails”), from Old Norse klóra (“to scrawl, scratch”), klór (“a scratching”), however derivation is doubtful as the shift in meaning is difficult to explain. More at cloor.

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APA

clour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clour

MLA

“clour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clour.

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