Stour

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion. [Obs.] Fairfax. "That woeful stowre." Spenser. She that helmed was in starke stours [fierce conflicts]. Chaucer.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Tall; strong; stern. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]