Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POUR
POUR, v.i.
- To flow; to issue forth in a stream, or continued succession of parts; to move or rush, as a current. The torrent pours down from the mountain, or along the steep descent.
- To rush in a crowd or continued procession. A ghastly band of giants, / All pouring down the mountain, crowd the shore. – Pope.
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