Scoured

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To purge; as, to scour a horse.
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     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.
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              [I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask,
              Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it.
                                                    --Shak.
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     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.
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              Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. --Pope.
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     5. To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
  
              If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch. --Blackstone.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scoured
       adj : worn away as by water or ice or wind [syn: {eroded}]