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A river, about 64 km (40 mi) long, of southeast England emptying into the North Sea in two channels enclosing the Isle of Thanet.

stour [staʊə] Scot, stoor [stuːr]

n Scot and northern English dialect

1. turmoil or conflict

2. dust; a cloud of dust

[from Old French estour armed combat, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sturm storm]

Stour [staʊə]

1. (Placename) Also called Great Stour a river in S England, in Kent, rising in the Weald and flowing N to the North Sea: separates the Isle of Thanet from the mainland

2. (Placename) any of several smaller rivers in England

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Canterbury Great Stour Kidderminster stoor Stowre Thanet			The valley of the Stour is beyond, unaccountable stream, dirty at Blandford, pure at Wimborne--the Stour, sliding out of fat fields, to marry the Avon beneath the tower of Christchurch. Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context Him the pleasant banks of sweetly-winding Stour had nourished, where he first learnt the vocal art, with which, wandering up and down at wakes and fairs, he cheered the rural nymphs and swains, when upon the green they interweaved the sprightly dance; while he himself stood fiddling and jumping to his own music. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context Archers from the New Forest and the Forest of Bere, billmen from the pleasant country which is watered by the Stour, the Avon, and the Itchen, young cavaliers from the ancient Hampshire houses, all were pushing for Christchurch to take service under the banner of the five scarlet roses. The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			Stornoway Storthing Storting Storven story story line Story post Story-teller Story-telling Story-writer storyboard storybook storyline storyteller storywriter stoss stot Stote stotin stotinka stotious stotter stottie stound stoup Stour Stourbridge Stourhead stoush stout stout-billed stout-hearted stout-stemmed stouten stouthearted stoutheartedness stoutish stoutly stoutness Stovain stove stove bolt stove enamel Stove plant Stove plate stove poker Stovehouse stovepipe Stovepipe hat stovepipe iron stovepiped			stotinki stotins stotins stotious Stots Stots stotted stotted stotter Stottie Stottie cake Stotting Stotting Stottler Henke Associates, Inc stotty STOU Stouffer, Samuel Stouffer, Vernon B. Stoughton Stoughton Cab Services Stoughton High School Stoughton Opera House Stoughton Youth Hockey Association Stoughton, William stound stoup stoup stoup stoups stoups Stour Stour Valley Business Park Stour, River Stourbridge Stourbridge Stourbridge Fair Stourhead Stourhead House and Garden stoury stoury stoush stoushed stoushes stoushing stout stout stout Stout ale Stout ale Stout ale Stout beer Stout beer Stout beer Stout Disc Golf Club stout heart Stout loop technique Stout Technology Transfer Institute Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute Stout, Juanita Kidd Stout, Rex stout-billed

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