clour

From Middle English cloure (“field”).

clour (plural clours)

1. (obsolete) A field.

From Scots clour, from Early Scots clour, clowr (“a lump or swelling caused by a blow, welt”), of uncertain origin. Often assumed to be a variant of Scots cloor (“to scratch; a scratch”), from Norwegian klore (“to scratch with the nails”), from Old Norse klóra (“to scrawl, scratch”), klór (“a scratching”), however derivation is doubtful as the shift in meaning is difficult to explain. More at cloor.

clour (third-person singular simple present clours, present participle clouring, simple past and past participle cloured)

1. (Scotland, transitive) To inflict a blow on; punch.
2. (Scotland, transitive) To make a dent or bump on; ding.

clour (plural clours)

1. (Scotland) A blow or impingement.

• cloor, clure, clowr, clower

From Old Norse klóra (“to scratch, scrawl”). Noun is from Old Norse klór (“a scratching”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluːr/, /ˈkluər/

clour (plural clours)

1. (archaic) A punch or blow.
2. (archaic) A bump or bruise.
3. (archaic) A dent.

clour (third-person singular simple present clours, present participle clourin, simple past clourt, past participle clourt)

1. (archaic) To hit or cause a blow, to dent or disfigure.
2. (archaic, poetic) To wrinkle or furrow.