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Scour
Scour Scour, v. i.
1. To clean anything by rubbing. --Shak.
2. To cleanse anything.
Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth
better. --Bacon.
3. To be purged freely; to have a diarrh[oe]a.
4. To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of
something; to scamper.
So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, Scour
through the plain, and lengthen every pace.
--Dryden.
ScourScour Scour (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scoured; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scouring.] [Akin to LG. sch["u]ren, D. schuren,
schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly
fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf.
Cure.]
1. To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol
brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by
friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease,
dirt, etc., as articles of dress.
2. To purge; as, to scour a horse.
3. To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off;
to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; --
often with off or away.
[I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, Which,
washed away, shall scour my shame with it. --Shak.
4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. OF. escorre, escourre, It.
scorrere, both fr. L. excurrere to run forth. Cf.
Excursion.] To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to
traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. --Pope.
Scouring barrel, a tumbling barrel. See under Tumbling.
Scouring cinder (Metal.), a basic slag, which attacks the
lining of a shaft furnace. --Raymond.
Scouring rush. (Bot.) See Dutch rush, under Dutch.
Scouring stock (Woolen Manuf.), a kind of fulling mill. Scour
Scour Scour, n.
Diarrh[oe]a or dysentery among cattle.
Scour
Scour Scour, v. t.
To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch. --Blackstone.
Scour
Scour Scour, n.
1. The act of scouring.
2. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a
stream below a fall.
If you catch the two sole denizens [trout] of a
particular scour, you will find another pair
installed in their place to-morrow. --Grant Allen.
Meaning of Scours from wikipedia
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multimedia search engine Scouring (textiles),
Scouring,
cleaning wool of lanolin,
vegetable matter, and
other contaminants,
prior to use
Scours, a term for diarrhea...
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Diarrhea (American English), also
spelled diarrhoea or diarrhœa (British English), is the
condition of
having at
least three loose, liquid, or
watery bowel...
- A
scouring pad or
scourer is a
small pad of
metal or
plastic mesh used for
scouring a surface. Some
scouring pads have one side made of a soft sponge-like...
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Scouring is a
preparatory treatment of
certain textile materials.
Scouring removes soluble and
insoluble impurities found in
textiles as natural, added...
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Scour Inc. was a
multimedia Internet search engine, and
provided Scour Exchange, an
early peer-to-peer file
exchange service.
Scour was
founded by five...
- "The
Scouring of the Shire" is the
penultimate chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien's
fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The
Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry,...
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Bridge scour is the
removal of
sediment such as sand and
gravel from
around bridge abutments or piers.
Hydrodynamic scour,
caused by fast
flowing water...
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Scouring powder is a
household cleaning product consisting of an
abrasive powder mixed with a dry soap or detergent, soda, and
possibly dry bleach. Scouring...
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scour is the
removal of
sediment such as silt, sand and
gravel from
around the base of
obstructions to the flow in the sea,
rivers and canals.
Scour,...
- will take for the
system to
reach equilibrium.[better source needed]
Tidal scours are
formed in tide-dominated
deltas and
estuaries with the
changing of the...
