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Stour(e, n.2 Also: stowr(e, store. [ME and e.m.E. (chiefly north.) stoure (1371), sture (1374), staure (1417-18), store (c1420), stowre (c1440), ON staurr.] A pole, staff, stick. a1400 Legends of the Saints xix 224.
Thane in his hand he hynt his store 1460 Hay Alex. 11428.
In thare hand thai bare ilkane ane stoure 1513 Doug. vii vi 128.
Into thar handis rasyt vp on hie The lang stowris, wond with the sweit wyne tre 1513 Doug. ix viii 149.
A speir Or heich styng or stour of the fyr tre 1533 Boece 562b.
The cariage men … accutering tham with sarkis quhit … and binding towellis apoun lang stouris … discending fra the hicht … to Inglismen war terrabill sicht 1535 Stewart 24494.
Euerie man ane flaik sould mak of tre, And faillis delf into greit quantitie, Syne on the nycht, with mony staik and stour, Gart mak ane brig 1535 Stewart 50254.
The cariage men … stark stowris that war baith deip and lang, So cruell war … Far ma tha slew [etc.] 1662 Criminal Trials III 612.
We putt it into the fyre, That it mey be brunt both stik and stowre
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