'Scouring' definitions:
Definition of 'scouring'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Scouring'
From: GCIDE
- Scour \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To purge; as, to scour a horse. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- [I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
- If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch. --Blackstone. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scouring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablation,
- ablution,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- attrition,
- balance,
- bones,
- buffing,
- burnishing,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- chafe,
- chaff,
- chafing,
- cleaning out,
- culm,
- deadwood,
- debris,
- detrition,
- detritus,
- dishwater,
- douche,
- douching,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dressing,
- dust,
- elution,
- elutriation,
- end,
- enema,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- fag end,
- filing,
- filings,
- flush,
- flushing,
- flushing out,
- fossil,
- fretting,
- galling,
- garbage,
- gash,
- grazing,
- grinding,
- hogwash,
- holdover,
- husks,
- irrigation,
- lathering,
- lavabo,
- lavage,
- lavation,
- laving,
- leavings,
- lees,
- leftovers,
- limation,
- mopping,
- mopping up,
- odds and ends,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- parings,
- polishing,
- potsherds,
- rags,
- rasping,
- raspings,
- refuse,
- relics,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- rinse,
- rinsing,
- roach,
- rubbing away,
- rubbish,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- sawdust,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scraps,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scrubbing up,
- scuff,
- scum,
- shadow,
- shampoo,
- shards,
- shavings,
- shining,
- slack,
- slag,
- slop,
- slops,
- smoothing,
- soaping,
- sponge,
- sponging,
- straw,
- stubble,
- stump,
- survival,
- swabbing,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tares,
- trace,
- vestige,
- wash,
- washing,
- washing up,
- washout,
- washup,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- wear,
- wearing away,
- weeds,
- wiping up