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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schour,) Shower, v. [e.m.E. showre (1573), shower (1601); S(c)hour n.] intr. To fall down in, or as in, a shower. fig. ? To fall, or be disseminated, here and there. — 1641 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 306.
Some who craved delay were shortly taken up. Fear of raising … needless scruples, if that paper had run a showering through the city before it had been concluded made the moderator peremptorily refuse that [etc.]