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1.
British Dialect.
a.
tumult; confusion.
b.
a storm.
2.
British Dialect. blowing dust or a deposit of dust.
3.
Archaic. armed combat; battle.
4.
British Dialect. a time of tumult.
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stour
c.1300, "armed conflict, struggle with adversity or pain," from Anglo-Fr. estur, from O.Fr. estour, from P.Gmc. *sturmoz "storm" (see storm). Became obsolete, revived by Spenser and his followers in various senses; also surviving as a Scottish and Northern English word meaning
EXPAND"a (driving) storm" or "uproar, commotion."
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