Lexicographical Neighbors of Loure
Literary usage of Loure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"And the quire (queer) coves tippe the loure. —£. Rowlands, 161o. ... loure is
still commonly used among gypsies. " Do you pen mandy'd toure tute? ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"[QC] [AWT] loure. This word, whether derived from the Latin lura, a bag or purse,
or the Danish luur, a shepherd's flute, or merely an alteration of the Old ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra by Antonio Vieyra (1813)
"Canada, ou ornado de loure, laurelled, crowned or decorated with laurel. Falha de
louro, bay-leaves. Louro macho, laurel. Louro femea, bay-tree. ..."
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