Meaning

• (now rare outside dialectal) Tall; large; stout.

• (now rare outside dialectal) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.

  "O stronge lady stoor, what doest thou?--Chaucer."

• (now rare outside dialectal) Bold; audacious.

• (now rare outside dialectal) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.

• (now rare outside dialectal, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.

• (now rare outside dialectal, of land or cloth) Stiff; inflexible.

• Resolute; unyielding.

  "In a stour wise."

Meaning

• Severely; strongly.