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Discoure
Discoure Dis*coure", v. t.
To discover. [Obs.]
That none might her discoure. --Spenser.
ScouredScour 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.
2. To purge; as, to scour a horse.
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.
[I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, Which,
washed away, shall scour my shame with it. --Shak.
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.
Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. --Pope.
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. Scourer
Scourer Scour"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, scours.
2. A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
In those days of highwaymen and scourers.
--Macaulay.
Meaning of Scoure from wikipedia
- mansyons,
resrved of
those lybrarye bokes, some to
serve theyr jakes, some to
scoure candelstyckes, and some to
rubbe their bootes. Some they
solde to the grossers...
- cave
section which may have been
formed by wave
action as it
shows a water-
scoure[check spelling]
created by wave action. Some
areas of
undisturbed stratified...
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lybrarye bokes, some to
serve theyr jakes [i.e., as
toilet paper], some to
scoure candelstyckes, and some to
rubbe their bootes. Some they
solde to the grossers...
- "Ethel
Bailey Higgins". Madroño. 17 (4): 144. "At 90,
Intrepid Curator Scoure [sic]
Desert for Plants" (PDF).
Daily Press (Utica, N.Y.). ****ociated Press...
