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stour

  [stoor] ,
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF estour battle < Gmc; akin to storm
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Stour   (stour, stŏŏr, stōr)   
A river, about 64 km (40 mi) long, of southeast England emptying into the North Sea in two channels enclosing the Isle of Thanet.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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