scouring

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.

2. 2

   Diarrhea. (Now used only of livestock, though also sometimes used of humans into the…

   Diarrhea. (Now used only of livestock, though also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)

   • For that kind of lax and scouring called bloody flux, see the article BLOODY FLUX.
   • Thus in 1670 the London bills ascribe 142 deaths to “bloody flux, scouring, and flux,” and 3,690 to “griping in the guts.”
3. 3

   Erosion by water, especially in watercourses.

   • It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers.
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   1. 4

      present participle and gerund of scour

      • Scouring the entire area revealed nothing.

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