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† vour, v. Obs. (exc. dial.).
Also 4–5 vowre, 6 vower-.
[Aphetic f. devour v., perh. after L. vorāre.]
trans. To devour, to eat.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10318 In þe water..Are fisches inne foure maners:..Ne þe fisches alle foure, Ne wyþ oþer menge ne voure. 1382Wyclif Exod. xii. 9 The heed with his feet and entrayls ȝe shulen vowre. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy v. 1644 He hath..made hir bern oute of þe tovnis boundis To be vowrid of bestis & of houndis. [a1881Isle of Wight Gloss. 41.]
Hence † vourer, a devourer. Obs. rare.
1382Wyclif Luke vii. 34 Lo! a man deuourere [v.r. vourer], ether glotoun. 1533Tindale Supper of Lord c vj b, I am here compelled to inculpe and iterat it wyth so many wordes, to satisfye..thys carnall fleshe vowerer and fleshly Iewes. |