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scour

SCOUR, v.t.

1. To rub hard with something rough, for the purpose of cleaning; as, to scour a kettle; to scour a musket; to scour armor.

2. To clean by friction; to make clean or bright.

3. To purge violently.

4. To remove by scouring.

Never came reformation in a flood with such a heady current, scouring faults.

5. To range about for taking all that can be found; as, to scour the sea of pirates.

6. To pass swiftly over; to brush along; as, to scour the coast.

Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain.

SCOUR, v.i.

1. To perform the business of cleaning vessels by rubbing.

2. To clean.

Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better.

3. To be purged to excess.

4. To rove or range for sweeping or taking something.

Barbarossa, thus scouring along the coast of Italy -

5. To run with celerity; to scamper.

So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.


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SCOUR, v.t.

1. To rub hard with something rough, for the purpose of cleaning; as, to scour a kettle; to scour a musket; to scour armor.

2. To clean by friction; to make clean or bright.

3. To purge violently.

4. To remove by scouring.

Never came reformation in a flood with such a heady current, scouring faults.

5. To range about for taking all that can be found; as, to scour the sea of pirates.

6. To pass swiftly over; to brush along; as, to scour the coast.

Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain.

SCOUR, v.i.

1. To perform the business of cleaning vessels by rubbing.

2. To clean.

Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better.

3. To be purged to excess.

4. To rove or range for sweeping or taking something.

Barbarossa, thus scouring along the coast of Italy -

5. To run with celerity; to scamper.

So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.

SCOUR, v.i.

  1. To perform the business of cleaning vessels by rubbing. – Shak.
  2. To clean. Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better. – Bacon.
  3. To be purged to excess. – Bacon. Mortimer.
  4. To rove or range for sweeping or taking something. Barbarossa, thus scouring along the coast of Italy. – Knolles.
  5. To run with celerity; to scamper. So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, / Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace. – Dryden.

SCOUR, v.t. [Goth. skauron, to scour; Sax. scur, a scouring; D. schuuren; C. scheuern; Dan. skurer; Sw. skura; Arm. scarhein, scurhein or scurya; Fr. ecurer, to scour; Sp. escurar. See the roots גרר and גרע. Class Gr, No. 5, 8.]

  1. To rub hard with something rough, for the purpose of cleaning; as, to scour a kettle; to scour a musket; to scour armor.
  2. To clean by friction; to make clean or bright.
  3. To purge violently.
  4. To remove by scouring. Never came reformation in a flood / With such a heady current, scouring faults. – Shak.
  5. To range about for taking all that can be found; as, to scour the sea of pirates.
  6. To pass swiftly over; to brush along; as, to scour the coast. – Milton. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. – Pope.

Scour
  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 clean anything by rubbing.

    Shak.
  3. Diarrhœa or dysentery among cattle.
  4. To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.

    If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch. Blackstone.

  5. The act of scouring.
  6. To purge; as, to scour a horse.
  7. To cleanse anything.

    Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better. Bacon.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. To be purged freely; to have a diarrhœa.
  11. 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.

  12. 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.

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Scour

SCOUR, verb transitive

1. To rub hard with something rough, for the purpose of cleaning; as, to scour a kettle; to scour a musket; to scour armor.

2. To clean by friction; to make clean or bright.

3. To purge violently.

4. To remove by scouring.

Never came reformation in a flood with such a heady current, scouring faults.

5. To range about for taking all that can be found; as, to scour the sea of pirates.

6. To pass swiftly over; to brush along; as, to scour the coast.

Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain.

SCOUR, verb intransitive

1. To perform the business of cleaning vessels by rubbing.

2. To clean.

Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better.

3. To be purged to excess.

4. To rove or range for sweeping or taking something.

Barbarossa, thus scouring along the coast of Italy -

5. To run with celerity; to scamper.

So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.

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