stoor

Meanings

1. To move; stir.
2. To move actively; keep stirring.
3. To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
4. To stir up, as liquor.
5. To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
6. To sprinkle.

1. Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
2. A gush of water.
3. Spray.
4. A sufficient quantity of yeast for brewing.

1. Alternative form of stour.

Etymology

From Middle English storen, *sturien, from Old English *storian, variant of styrian (“to stir, move”), from Proto-Germanic *sturōną (“to turn, disturb”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”). Cognate with Dutch storen (“to disturb”), Middle Low German stören (“to stir”), German stören (“to disturb”), dialectal German sturen (“to poke, root”). See stir.