Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 70 km (45 mi) long, of southeast England emptying into the North Sea in two channels enclosing the Isle of Thanet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
stoor . - noun A stake.
- noun A round of a ladder.
- noun A stave in the side of a wagon.
- noun A long pole by which barges are propelled against the stream. Also called
poy . - noun See
stoor . - noun Tumult; conflict; a warlike encounter; shock of arms; battle.
- noun A fit; a paroxysm.
- noun Encounter; time or place of meeting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. Tall; strong; stern.
- noun obsolete A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion.
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Examples
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Leaving Shaftesbury, we crossed over one section of the Blackmoor Vale, or what we might describe as the Stour country, for there were many place-names in which the word Stour occurred.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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Earlier I had made plans to go down the River Stour from Canterbury to Ramsgate with the other patients, and there, on a little offshore ridge I knew, I would make a bigger boat and sail to London.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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There will be further performances in Bury St Edmonds and London, and then at the Stour festival in June.
Vivaldi flute concerto discovered Severin Carrell 2010
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Stour Valley Arts Gallery, to 16 JulSkye SherwinLeo Fitzmaurice collects the posters, flyers and packaging that so ubiquitously plague our consumer environment and transforms them into sculptural amazements.
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She lives in London and the Stour Valley, Essex, England.
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I walked past some hawthorn trees, through a car park, over a fence, and there was the River Stour.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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I walked past some hawthorn trees, through a car park, over a fence, and there was the River Stour.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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She lives in London and the Stour Valley, Essex, England.
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Earlier I had made plans to go down the River Stour from Canterbury to Ramsgate with the other patients, and there, on a little offshore ridge I knew, I would make a bigger boat and sail to London.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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She lives in London and the Stour Valley, Essex, England.
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