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scour

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scour  \Scour\,  n. 
  Diarrh[oe]a  or  dysentery  among  cattle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scour 
  n  :  a  place  that  is  scoured  (especially  by  running  water) 
  v  1:  examine  minutely;  "The  police  scoured  the  country  for  the 
  fugitive" 
  2:  clean  with  hard  rubbing;  "She  scrubbed  his  back"  [syn:  {scrub}] 
  3:  scour  a  surface  [syn:  {abrade}] 
  4:  rinse,  clean,  or  empty  with  a  liquid;  "flush  the  wound  with 
  antibiotics"  [syn:  {flush}]




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