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1. Dour
   The USS Dour was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Dour was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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2. dour
   [adj] - harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
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3. Dour
   Dour adjective [ Confer French dur , Latin durus .] Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. [ Scot.] « A dour wife, a sour old carlin.» C. Reade.
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4. dour
   adjective harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; `a dour, self-sacrificing life`; `a forbidding scowl`; `a grim man loving duty more than humanity`; `undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw`- J.M.Barrie
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5. Dour
   • (a.) Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
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6. Dour
   Dour is a Scottish boy name. The meaning of the name is `from the water` The name Dour doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Dour seems to be unique!
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7. dour
   dour (pronunciation, DOOR or DOUR) 1. Severe or gloomy, and unfriendly and unresponsive toward others. 2. Grimly and stubbornly determined. 3. Marked by sternness or harshness; a forbidding nature. 4. Etymology: 'severe', from Scottish and northern England dialect, considered to be from Latin durus 'hard'; the sense of 'gloomy' is from ...
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8. Dour
   `Dour` is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 16,810 inhabitants. The total area is 33.32 km², giving a population density of 505 inhabitants per km². Since 1989 Dour has hosted the annual Dour Festival, an alternative music...
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