stoor

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UK/stɔː/UK/stʊə/US/stɔɚ/

verb

To move; stir.

OriginMiddle English storen ← Old English *storian ← Proto-Germanic *sturōną →
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Meanings

stoor1

verbstoor (third-person singular simple present stoors, present participle stooring, simple past and past participle stoored)

present singular third person stoors · participle present stooring · participle past stoored · past stoored · alternative stour

  1. UKdialectalintransitiveTo move; stir.
  2. UKdialectalintransitiveTo move actively; keep stirring.
  3. UKdialectalintransitiveTo rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
  4. UKdialectaltransitiveTo stir up, as liquor.
  5. UKdialectaltransitiveTo pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
  6. UKdialectaltransitiveTo sprinkle.
nounstoor (plural stoors)

plural stoors · alternative stour

  1. UKdialectalStir; bustle; agitation; contention.
  2. UKdialectalA gush of water.
  3. UKdialectalSpray.
  4. UKdialectalA sufficient quantity of yeast for brewing.

stoor2

adjectivestoor (comparative stoorer or more stoor, superlative stoorest or most stoor)

comparative stoorer · comparative more stoor · superlative stoorest · superlative most stoor

  1. alternativeAlternative form of 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.

    1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole of Shootinge […], London: […] Edouardi Whytchurch, →OCLC

Origin

stoor · verb, noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)twer-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sturōną“to turn, disturb”
  3. Old English*storian
  4. Middle Englishstoren
  5. Englishstoor

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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stoor · adjective

See stour.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Anagrams

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Chicago

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