Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Scotch form of stour.

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Examples

  • ROCKET SCIENCE was a minor gem of a movie and Kendrick was wonderful; i was lookign forward to seeing her in more stuff and so i'll be sture to keep an eye out for this movie.

    Anna Kendrick Cast in Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air | /Film 2008

  • “A sture woife, and a dour,” said one Cumbrian peasant, as he clattered by in his wooden brogues, with a noise like the trampling of a dray-horse.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • This was the Cardinal's official greeting po sture, and presumably he forgot - or didn't care - that Shelley had seen the routine at least three dozen times before.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • [N] e mai hit quenche salt water ne auene stream ne sture.

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • Lett nott the vane exhortatioun of thame that regardis litill of the weall and strenth of bayth our Houssis, sture up your Lordschip, as thei wald to do aganis God, your awin conscience, and the weall of your posteritie for ever.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • ” There was a gipsy wife stood ahint and heard her—a muckle sture fearsome-looking wife she was as ever I set een on.

    Chapter XXXIX 1917

  • ` ` A sture woife, and a dour, '' said one Cumbrian peasant, as he clattered by in his wooden brogues, with a noise like the trampling of a dray-horse.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • There was a gipsy wife stood ahint and heard her, a muckle sture fearsome-looking wife she was as ever I set een on.

    Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • There was a gipsy wife stood ahint and heard her, a muckle sture fearsome-looking wife she was as ever I set een on.

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • There was a gipsy wife stood ahint and heard her, a muckle sture fearsome-looking wife she was as ever I set een on.

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

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