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Scouring   /skˈaʊərɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Scour  v. t.  (past & past part. scoured; pres. part. scouring)  
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."
4.
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."
5.
To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush. "If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch."
Scouring barrel, a tumbling barrel. See under Tumbling.
Scouring cinder (Metal.), a basic slag, which attacks the lining of a shaft furnace.
Scouring rush. (Bot.) See Dutch rush, under Dutch.
Scouring stock (Woolen Manuf.), a kind of fulling mill.


Scour  v. i.  
1.
To clean anything by rubbing.
2.
To cleanse anything. "Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better."
3.
To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
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."





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"Scouring" Quotes from Famous Books



... course I am," said he, in a voice full of feeling that made my very heart creep. "I thought you were a party of Lorge's Dragoons, scouring the country for forage; tracked you the entire day, and have only now come ...
— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) • Charles Lever
... valley below. Only he is healthy who exults in mere animal existence; whose very life is a luxury; who feels a bounding pulse throughout his body; who feels life in every limb, as dogs do when scouring over the field, or as boys do when gliding over fields ...
— An Iron Will • Orison Swett Marden
... more sleep, she rose with a sense of exhilaration which nothing could dampen. She had seen a small mountain church over the Ridge by the spring where her moccasin flowers grew; and if there were preaching in it to-day, the boys and girls scouring the surrounding woods during the intermissions would surely find and carry away the orchids. There was no safety but to ...
— The Power and the Glory • Grace MacGowan Cooke
... Dr. Schweinfurth writes:—"Already had Sir Samuel Baker, with praiseworthy energy, commenced scouring the waters of the Upper Nile, and by capturing all slave-vessels and abolishing a large 'chasua' belonging to the mudir (governor) of Fashoda, had left no doubt as to the ...
— Ismailia • Samuel W. Baker
... never a stanza shall measure The joy of that desperate crew Of four-year-olds scouring for treasure Astride ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, February 11, 1920 • Various


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