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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Subrector :: Subreader (n.) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon..
Uninterested :: Uninterested (a.) Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration..
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..
Scour :: Scour (n.) Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
Toxicology :: Toxicology (n.) The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science..
Decency :: Decency (n.) The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty..
Eulogistical :: Eulogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse..
Diction :: Diction (n.) Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems..
Coherency :: Coherency (n.) Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
Prolixity :: Prolixity (n.) The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings..
Stulty :: Stultiloquy (n.) Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling.
Discoursive :: Discoursive (n.) The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.
Discomfort :: Discomfort (v. t.) To discourage; to deject.
Tidology :: Tidology (n.) A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.
Scour :: Scour (v. i.) To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
Discouraging :: Discouraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discourag.
Discourse :: Discourse (v. i.) To treat of something in writing and formally.
Dendrology :: Dendrology (n.) A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Deliberative :: Deliberative (n.) A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined..
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