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Scour
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
(2):
(v. i.) To cleanse anything.
(3):
(v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing.
(4):
(v. i.) To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
(5):
(v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
(6):
(v. t.) To purge; as, to scour a horse.
(7):
(n.) A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.
(8):
(n.) Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
(9):
(v. t.) 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.
(10):
(n.) The act of scouring.
(11):
(v. t.) To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
(12):
(v. t.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scour'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/scour.html. 1828.
