poure
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]poure
- alternative form of povre
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]poure
- (Late Middle English) alternative form of power
- 1551, Turner, William I., A New Herball, Wherein are Conteyned the Names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englijsh, Duch, Frenche, and in the Potecaries and Herbaries Latin (etc.), United Kingdom: Steven Mierdman:
- The poure of this herbe is to bynde and to coule.
- The purpose of this herb is to bind and to cool.