Definition of scour

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Scour (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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Conversation :: Conversation (n.) Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.
Discourtesy :: Discourtesy (n.) Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
Propose :: Propose (n.) Talk; discourse.
Oratory :: Oratory (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge..
Thine :: Thine (pron. & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers..
Heat :: Heat (n.) Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency..
Subrector :: Subreader (n.) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.
Furbish :: Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments..
Dishearten :: Dishearten (v. t.) To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.
Locution :: Locution (n.) Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Vivacity :: Vivacity (n.) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance..
Prelector :: Prelector (n.) A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
Purpose :: Purpose (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Preachify :: Preachify (v. i.) To discourse in the manner of a preacher.
Pursue :: Pursue (v. i.) To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue..
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