▪ I. loor dial.
(lʊə(r))
Forms: α. 8 loore, lure, 9 loor, lore, lewer. β. 6 loue, 8 lough, 9 lo(o, low.
[Origin and correct form uncertain.]
Foot-rot.
| 1587 L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Oxen (1596) 77 The loue is a disease which breedeth in the clawes of a beast. a 1722 Lisle Husb. (1757) 296 Farmer Elford of Upcern in Dorsetshire tells me, cows will be so sore between their claws that they cannot stand,..this he and others informed me, in that country was called the loore. 1787 Grose Prov. Gloss., Lure, a sore on the hoof of a cow, cured by cutting it cross⁓ways. West. 1799 C. Cooke in Beddoes Contrib. Phys. & Med. Knowl. 393 The lough, swellings of the udder, and cow-pox. 1840 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. I. iii. 320 Another form of this complaint [foot-rot], and known also by the names of foot-halt, lore, &c...generally proceeds from a strain or blow. 1848 Ibid. IX. ii. 445 Foul in the foot, or Low. 1882 G. Armatage Cattle 213 Foul in the Foot.—Paronychia Boum, Loo or Low. 1883 Hampsh. Gloss., Lewer, a disease in the feet of cattle. 1890 Glouc. Gloss., Loor, Loo, Lo, a sore on a cow's hoof. |
▪ II. loor
obs. Sc. f. liefer compar. of lief a., dear.
| 1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Dau. 39 Far loor in a rape I'd see him hinging As 'mong heretics I'd hear him singing. |
▪ III. loor
obs. form of lower v.