| scour | 1. 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. 2. To purge; as, to scour a horse. 3. 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. "[I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it." (Shak) 4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. OF. Escorre, escourre, It. Scorrere, both fr. L. Excurrere to run forth. Cf. Excursion] To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast. "Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain." (Pope) Scouring barrel, a tumbling barrel. See Tumbling. <chemistry> Scouring cinder, a basic slag, which attacks the lining of a shaft furnace. Scouring rush. <botany> A kind of fulling mill. Origin: Akin to LG. Schuren, D. Schuren, schueren, G. Scheuern, Dan. Skure; Sw. Skura; all possibly fr. LL. Escurare, fr. L. Ex + curare to take care. Cf. Cure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| scourge | 1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip. "Up to coach then goes The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins." (Chapman) 2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment. "Sharp scourges of adversity." (Chaucer) "What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?" (Shak) Origin: F. Escourgee, fr. L. Excoriata (sc. Scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), fr. Excoriate to strip, to skin. See Excoriate. 1. To whip severely; to lash. "is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?" (Acts xxii. 25) 2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction. "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." (Heb. Xii. 6) 3. To harass or afflict severely. "To scourge and impoverish the people." (Brougham) Origin: From Scourge,: cf. OF. Escorgier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scours | Neonatal diarrhoea in ruminants. Origin: M.E. Scuren, to rush Calf scours, a diarrhoeal disease of newborn calves caused by several different enteropathogens, particularly the bacterium Escherichia coli; two syndromes are recognised, acute disease characterised by dehydration and rapid death and subacute disease characterised by persistent diarrhoea and emaciation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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diarrhea in livestock
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Diarrhea usually only associated with incorrect milk feeding.
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a parasitic worm that causes diarrhea (scours) in ruminants, such as a nematode of one of the genera Cooperia, Nematodirus, Ostertagia, or Trichostrongylus.
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| scour | a place that is scoured (especially by running water) |
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| scour | rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid |
| scour | clean with hard rubbing |
| scour | scour a surface |
| scour | examine minutely |
| scour | worn away as by water or ice or wind |
| scour | someone who travels widely and energetically |
| scour | someone who cleanses by scouring |
| scour | a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) |
| scour | a person who inspires fear or dread |
| scour | something causes misery or death |
| scour | whip |
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