poure

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

poure

  1. alternative form of povre

Etymology 2

Noun

poure

  1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of power
    • 1551, Turner, William I., A New Herball, Wherein are Conteyned the Names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englijsh, Duch, Frenche, and in the Potecaries and Herbaries Latin (etc.), United Kingdom: Steven Mierdman:
      The poure of this herbe is to bynde and to coule.
      The purpose of this herb is to bind and to cool.
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