stouryadj.
/ˈstʊəri/, U.S. /ˈstʊri/, Scottish English /ˈsturɪ/ Scottish and northern.
Characterized by flying dust or driving snow; also, covered with dust.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > dusty
dustya1225
dustish1647
pulvereous1656
pulverulent1737
stoury1792
adust1827
poucey1829
sneezy1848
1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 362 And ay she took the tither souk To drouk the stourie tow.
1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 60 The Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir head.
1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize II. xix. 191 The stoury rafters of an auld bigging.
1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 21 The dry and stoury alleys of the fir-wood.
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