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Pour \Pour\, a.
Poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pour \Pour\, v. i.
To pore. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pour \Pour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pouring}.] [OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to
cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.]
1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything
flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it;
as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a
decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or
dust.
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2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let
escape freely or wholly.
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I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. --1
Sam. i. 15.
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Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.
--Ezek. vii.
8.
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London doth pour out her citizens ! --Shak.
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Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth
With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ? --Milton.
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3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge
uninterruptedly.
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Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --Pope.
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Pour \Pour\, v. i.
To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall
continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people
poured out of the theater.
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In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. --Gay.
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Pour \Pour\, n.
A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] "A
pour of rain." --Miss Ferrier.
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