A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stour, Stowr, v. [Stour(e n.1] a. To fly up (like dust or spray). b. To dust (something) with powder, to cover as with dust. —a. 1513 Doug. ii iv 16 (Sm.).
The salt fame stowris frome the faird thai hald —b. 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. I 7.
Whose famous relicks all are flower'd, And all with precious poulder stowr'd
