2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scour \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
scouring
n 1: moving over territory to search for something "scouring the
entire area revealed nothing"
2: the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and
soap and water [syn: {scrub}, {scrubbing}]
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