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Scouring
//ˈskaʊə.ɹɪŋ// noun, verb
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Noun
- 1 The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
- 2 the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water wordnet
- 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 moving over territory to search for something wordnet
- 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 present participle and gerund of scour form-of, gerund, participle, present
"Scouring the entire area revealed nothing."
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