scour

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.

   “He scoured the burnt food from the pan.”

2. fiil To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.

   “I will redeeme all this on Percies head, / And in the cloſing of ſome glorious day / Be bold to tell you that I am your ſonne, / When I will weare a garment all of bloud, / And ſtaine my fauors in a bloudy maske, / Which waſht away ſhall ſcoure my ſhame with it, […]”

3. fiil To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.

   “to scour a horse”

4. fiil To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.

   “If a lamb is scouring, do not delay treatment.”

5. fiil To cleanse (something) without rubbing.

   “Flanders soap is the substance which appeared to act in the most advantageous manner; it scowers very speedily, and gives wool a degree of whiteness which it is extremely difficult to produce by any other means.”

6. isim The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.

   “Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the structure.”

7. isim A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.

   “Fish as near the middle of the stream as you can in the spring months, and also on the shallows and scowers; but in the winter, in deep holes; let the bait drag two or three inches on the ground.”

8. isim A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.
9. isim Diarrhoea, in livestock; scouring.

   “The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs.”

10. fiil To search an area thoroughly.

    “They scoured the scene of the crime for clues.”

11. fiil To run with speed; to scurry.

    “Lord. Behind the tuft of Pines I met them, neuer Saw I men scowre so on their way: I eyed them Euen to their Ships.”

12. fiil To move swiftly over; to brush along.

    “When Ajax ſtrives, ſome Rock's vaſt Weight to throw, / The Line too labours, and the Words move ſlow; / Not ſo, when ſwift Camilla ſcours the plain, / Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.”