Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. sour, sur, AS. sr,; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. sr, Icel. srr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras, salt, Russ. surovui, harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant
In literature:
Practically all crops are benefited by it on sour soils and especially the vegetable crops.
"Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916" by Various
Sometimes, it is "the pot calling the kettle black;" more often it is a clear case of "sour grapes.
"Explanation of Catholic Morals" by John H. Stapleton
It should be prepared in a wooden tub, and a sufficient quantity of acid used to give the water a sour taste.
"The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English" by R. V. Pierce
Mix to a smooth paste with sour cream and serve with baked fish.
"How to Cook Fish" by Olive Green
The latter greeted Abe with a sour nod.
"Abe and Mawruss" by Montague Glass
Nejoumi looked at him sourly for a moment.
"The Four Feathers" by A. E. W. Mason
Such beer cannot keep, without becoming sour.
"A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons" by Fredrick Accum
The bunch calls him the Elephant, 'n' he's sour as lemons.
"Blister Jones" by John Taintor Foote
The track they were following sloped slightly upward, and a change in the wind brought to them a sour odor, blanking out all normal scents.
"The Time Traders" by Andre Norton
As planets went, Uller was no bargain, he thought sourly.
"Uller Uprising" by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
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In poetry:
She letteth fall some luring baits
For fools to gather up;
Too sweet, too sour, to every taste
She tempereth her cup.
"Love's Servile Lot" by Robert Southwell
Some say the world is cold and sour,
Devoid of fellow-feeling,
But day by day and hour by hour,
To me comes a revealing
"Amityville" by Jared Barhite
A neighbor chap saw th' state o' things,
An' pitied ther distress,
An' begg'd em not to be soa sour
Abaht soa sweet a mess;
"Th' Traitle Sop" by John Hartley
How can we picture in our dreams
The joys that thro' thy paen glow,
That joy that sours so high it seems
About to break in woe?
"The Skylark" by Cicely Fox Smith
The winter wind is not so cold
As the bright smile he sees me win,
Nor the host's oldest wine so old
As our poor gabble, sour and thin.
"Without And Withiin" by James Russell Lowell
'Twas djust before my dinner hour —
Well, let the djuicy djoint go sour!
Djoyful I read. I djust must see
What this strange djolan word may be!
"Djolan" by Ellis Parker Butler
In news:
Sweetener Advocate, Soured by Obesity Links, Targets Moms in Ads.
A family vacation ends on a sour note when a Rhode Island family is kicked off their return flight home.
SJ-R gets a sour Apple from GateHouse.
SJ-R gets a sour Apple from GateHouse .
Sour note for Ghent funds.
Mix beer and wine and college students, and the result can turn sour.
Obama today to face New Hampshire voters now sour on him.
Apple looks good now, but will it sour.
Sweet and sour fruit flavors, liquid-filled centers and natural ingredients are making new gummy products better-tasting …and better for you, too.
Gwynn Park's season ends on a sour note in loss to Digital Harbor.
In a special consumer report, Action News helps some families who have fallen victim to a sour real estate deal and are now on the verge of losing their homes.
Soft-drink tax idea gets sour reception.
If you still weren't sold knowing that Metallica, Anthrax, Linkin Park, Stone Sour and A Perfect Circle were heading to Australia's Soundwave Festival early next year, does the addition of Slayer make you want to book your ticket right now.
It can be served with a Michigan sour cherry sauce.
Mini ricotta latkes with sour cherry sauce.
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In science:
The sour ces with highest tangential velocity occur towards the the Galactic Centre direction and it is therefore in this direction that GLAST or VERITAS may find it easiest to detect them unambiguously.
Simple Models for the Distribution of Dark Matter
Han, “The reliability functions of the general sour ce with fixed-length coding,” T.S.
An Information-Spectrum Approach to Classical and Quantum Hypothesis Testing for Simple Hypotheses
Ihara, “The error exponent and minimum achievable rates for the fixed-length coding of general sour ces,” IEICE Trans.
An Information-Spectrum Approach to Classical and Quantum Hypothesis Testing for Simple Hypotheses
Our efforts focus on modeling experiments performed using the Omega laser facility at the University of Rochester (Soures et al. 1996; Boehly 1995; Bradley 1998) that involve shock propagation through a multi-layer target.
On Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code
The primary targets are young supernova remnants and binary X-ray soures.
X-ray astronomy in the new Millenium. A Summary
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