"Stour" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a line across the tideway at a distance of 46 inches from each other, about three feet high above the sand, and between every two of these stours is fixed a pocknet, tied by a rope to the top of each stour." P. Dorneck, Dumr. Statist. Acc., ...
— Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch • George Tobias Flom
... from the cross, "belike this stour shall not live to be older than the day, if ye get not into a plump together for their arbalestiers to shoot bolts into, and their men-at-arms to thrust spears into. Get you to the edge of the crofts and spread out there six feet between man ...
— A Dream of John Ball, A King's Lesson • William Morris |
