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Webster 1913 Edition
Saur
Saur
,Noun.
[Contracted from Gael.
salachar
filth, nastiness, fr. salach
nasty, fr. sal
filth, refuse.] Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse.
[Prov. Eng.]
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Saur
saur
saur
English
Noun
saur
- (Britain, dialect) soil; dirt
- (Britain, dialect) dirty water
- (Britain, dialect) urine from a cowhouse
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin soror, with the variant form seraur deriving from the Latin accusative form sorōrem. Compare Romanian soră, suroră, sor, Italian suora, Old Italian suoro, French soeur, Old Spanish seror, Spanish sor, Friulian sûr, Romansch sora, sour.
Noun
saur f
French
Etymology
From Middle French saur, from Old French sor, from Frankish *sōri, *saur (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”). Cognate with Old English sēar (“dry”). More at sear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔʁ/
Adjective
saur m (feminine singular saure, masculine plural saurs, feminine plural saures)
Derived terms
- hareng saur - kipper