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But I do plough you up Mark sat back in his chair, moved but holding himself, his elbows squared on each arm, his hands a bit convulsively interlocked across him--very much in fact as he had appeared an hour ago in the old tapestry bergθre_; but as his rigour was all then that of the grinding effort to profess and to give, so it was considerably now for the fear of too hysterically gushing.

—The Finer Grain

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noun Chiefly British Variant of rigor.

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There is a rigour, an austerity which emanates from their work, such as is not found in the work of Titian or Rembrandt or Leonardo or Rubens or any other mighty artist of ripe epochs. — Albert Durer
Oh, by the way, you said at the time that the rigour was passing off when we found the body — was that just camouflage, or does it still hold good It was just beginning to pass off in the face and jaw as a matter of fact. — The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L Sayers
No other conservation tool can claim the same level of rigour, the same degree of transparency and the same amount of debate and consultation. — New Scientist - Online News
He added: "As with many processes that implement increased rigour, there is a need for identification of increased funding in order to increase the fidelity in project risk assessment." — StrategyPage.com
He never swerved from his resolution to pursue all duellists with the utmost rigour, and many were executed in various parts of the country. — Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds