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Stour

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Stour  (stour, str, str)
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]
n
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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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
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