Scouring

//ˈskaʊə.ɹɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
  2. 2
    the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water wordnet
  3. 3
    Diarrhea. (Now used only of livestock, though also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)

    "Another for a violent scouring. Take the Entrails of a Pullet, or great Chicken, all but the Gizzard, and mix with tbem of Spikenard one Ounce, ' and make him swallow it, and this will infallibly stay his Scouring, yea, though it be a Bloody-Flux."

  4. 4
    moving over territory to search for something wordnet
  5. 5
    Erosion by water, especially in watercourses.

    "It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scour form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Scouring the entire area revealed nothing."

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