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lour

  [louuhr, lou-er]
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–verb (used without object), noun
lower 2 .

low⋅er

2  [lou-er, louuhr]
–verb (used without object)
1. to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather.
2. to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower: He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood.
–noun
3. a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather.
4. a frown or scowl.
Also, lour.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME lour (n.), louren (v.) to frown, lurk; akin to G lauern, D loeren

Synonyms:
1. darken, threaten.
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lour   (lour)   
v.   & n.
Variant of lower1.
low·er 1   (lou'ər, lour)   
intr.v.   low·ered also loured, low·er·ing also lour·ing, low·ers also lours
  1. To look angry, sullen, or threatening. See Synonyms at frown.
  2. To appear dark or threatening, as the sky.
n.  
  1. A threatening, sullen, or angry look.
  2. A dark and ominous look: the lower of thunderheads.

[Middle English louren.]
low'er·ing·ly adv.
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Lour

Lour\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : lour
Spanish: escurecerse, encapotarse,
German: sich verfinstern,
Japanese: 雲行きがあやしくなる
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lour 
"to frown," c.1290, variant of lower (v.2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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