poure

Middle English

Adjective

poure

1. poor

Noun

poure

1. Obsolete spelling for purpose
   • 1551, Turner, William I., A New Herball, Wherein are Conteyned the Names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englijsh, Duch, Frenche, and in the Potecaries and Herbaries Latin (etc.), United Kingdom: Steven Mierdman:

     The poure of this herbe is to bynde and to coule.

     The purpose of this herb is to bind and to cool.