† olour Obs. rare.
[erron. f. L. olōrum gen. pl., ‘of swans’.]
= olorine.
| 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. xxxiv, The cause quhy the swannis multiplyis sa fast in this loch [Spynee], is throw ane herbe namit Olour [tr. Boece Scot. Hist. (1526) Descriptio lf. ix, Herba quædam cuius semine [Holores] auidissime vescuntur, atque ob id Holorum cognominata]. |