Definition of Scoured

1. Adjective. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.

Exact synonyms: Eroded
Similar to: Worn

Definition of Scoured

1. Verb. (past of scour) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scoured

1. scour [v] - See also: scour

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoured

scould
scoundrel
scoundreldom
scoundrelism
scoundrelly
scoundrelry
scoundrels
scoup
scouped
scouping
scoups
scour
scourable
scourage
scourages
scoured (current term)
scourer
scourer pad
scourer pads
scourers
scourge
scourged
scourger
scourgers
scourges
scourgest
scourgeth
scourging
scourie
scouries

Literary usage of Scoured

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"scoured WOOL "scoured wool," as used in the tariff acts. imposing a specific duty on scoured wool, Includes wool imported scoured, though not In a form ..."

2. Wool and Manufactures of Wool by Bureau of Statistics, Dept. of the Treasury, William Franklin Switzler, United States (1887)
"Percentage of scoured wool.—Unwashed Merino wool shrinks from 50 to 80 per cent, in scouring. The lightest and choicest Australian medium, unwashed, ..."

3. Laboratory Manual of Dyeing and Textile Chemistry by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1909)
"After the silk has been scoured or boiled-off it should be thoroughly washed ... After the scoured silk is dried, in order to soften the fibre and to give ..."

4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1857)
"This rule, however, must be received with caution, for it has been remarked that shingle generally accumulates with off-shore winds, and is scoured off ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"A traffic, as revoking as the slave-traffic of Africa, had sprung up ; gangs of child-jobbers scoured the country to entrap or purchase thousands of little ..."

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