Crossword clues for loir
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loir \Loir\, n. [F., fr. L. glis, gliris.] (Zo["o]l.) A large European dormouse ( Myoxus glis).
Wiktionary
n. (context dated English) dormouse
WordNet
n. large European dormouse [syn: Glis glis]
Wikipedia
The Loir is a river in western France. It is a left tributary of the Sarthe. Its source is in the Eure-et-Loir département, north of Illiers-Combray. It joins the river Sarthe in Briollay, north of the city Angers.
It is indirectly a tributary of the Loire, and runs roughly parallel to it and slightly north of it for much of its length, and so might be regarded as a Yazoo type river.
Usage examples of "loir".
There are two rivers: the great river Loire, which is feminine, and the little Loir, which is masculine.
The riders came at last to the river Loir, which lay across their way at no great distance from their city of Le Mans.
Clairvaux, when Geoffrey, having laved the hot dust of the road from his body in the cold streams of the Loir, turned in at a wayside castle, and there, in the prime of his life, sickened and died.
Ao entrar no quarto, fui direto para a minha mesa, abri a gaveta e retirei um envelope antigo, que guardava a foto de uma menina loira usando um vestido florido e sorrindo de modo claro e expressivo.
Foi entregar o drinque enfeitado a uma loira gorda e muito pintada, acompanhada por um senhor bem vestido.