- Look up
scour or
scouring in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Scour may
refer to:
Hydrodynamic scour, the
removal of
sediment such as sand and silt from...
- "The
Scouring of the Shire" is the
penultimate chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien's
fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The
Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry,...
- A
scouring pad or
scourer is a
small pad of
metal or
plastic mesh used for
scouring a surface. Some
scouring pads have one side made of a soft sponge-like...
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Scouring is a
preparatory treatment of
certain textile materials.
Scouring removes soluble and
insoluble impurities found in
textiles as natural, added...
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scour is the
removal of
sediment such as silt, sand and
gravel from
around the base of
obstructions to the flow in the sea,
rivers and canals.
Scour,...
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Scouring powder is a
household cleaning product consisting of an
abrasive powder mixed with a dry soap or detergent, soda, and
possibly dry bleach. Scouring...
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Scour Inc. was a
multimedia Internet search engine, and
provided Scour Exchange, an
early peer-to-peer file
exchange service.
Scour was
founded by five...
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Bridge scour is the
removal of
sediment such as sand and
gravel from
around bridge abutments or piers.
Hydrodynamic scour,
caused by fast
flowing water...
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Tidal scour is "sea-floor
erosion caused by
strong tidal currents resulting in the
removal of ins****
sediments and
formation of deep
holes and channels"...
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candock for
branching species, marestail, puzzlegr****, and
snake gr**** or
scouring-rush for
unbranched or sp****ly
branched species. The
latter name refers...
