Definition of scour

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Scour (v. i.) To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.

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Introductory :: Introductory (a.) Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse..
Discourse :: Discourse (n.) Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty..
Read :: Read (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book..
Tew :: Tew (v.) Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex..
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 & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or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..
Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark..
Disgrace :: Disgrace (n.) To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.
Scourging :: Scourging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scourg.
Scour :: Scour (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..
Die :: Die (v. i.) To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc..
Discoursive :: Discoursive (a.) Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.
Unfavorable :: Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.
Encomiastical :: Encomiastical (a.) Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip..
Discoursive :: Discoursive (a.) Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man..
End :: End (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part..
Scour :: 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..
Philippic :: Philippic (n.) Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.
Dispunct :: Dispunct (a.) Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous.
Discouraged :: Discouraged (imp. & p. p.) of Discourag.
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