Obs. Also -our. [a. L. fragor, f. frag- stem of frangĕre to break.] A loud harsh noise, a crash, din.

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1605.  Daniel, Trag. Philotas, II. iii., Wks. (1718), 339.

        For in this Height of Fortune are imbred
Those thund’ring Fragors that affright the Earth:
From thence have all Distemp’ratures their Head,
That brings forth Desolation, Famine, Dearth:
There certain Order is disordered,
And there it is Confusion hath her Birth.

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1660.  F. Brooke, trans. Le Blanc’s Trav., 392. This Streight is vexed with forcible tides from both sides, which like two Cells encounter with a most obstreperous fragour, where the danger is great, and chiefly in winter, when the winds rage there with more violence.

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1702.  Watts, Horæ Lyr., Vict. Poles over Osman.

        Scarce sounds so far
The direful Fragor, when some Southern Blast
Tears from the Alps a Ridge of knotty Oaks.

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