pour

v. i. To pore. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Poor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [ Colloq. ] “A pour of rain.” Miss Ferrier. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. 1 Sam. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. Ezek. vii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

London doth pour out her citizens ! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth
With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Poorly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pours. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Purlieu. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Diplomacy) A consultation preliminary to a treaty. [ 1913 Webster ]