scouring
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scouring
- /ˈskaʊə.ɹɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈskaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/ US
- /ˈskaʊɹ.ɪŋ/ US
noun scourings
- The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
- 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.
- 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
- present participle and gerund of scour Scouring the entire area revealed nothing.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: scrubbing, scrub, degreasing, touring, wandering, pickling, stripping, widening, patrolling, undermining, deepening, frequenting, washouts, scouring powder, deckscrub, scouring pad
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