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Definition of Scouring

1. Noun. Moving over territory to search for something. "Scouring the entire area revealed nothing"

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

Definition of Scouring

1. Noun. The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water ¹

2. Noun. (of livestock) diarrhoea ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of scour) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scouring

1. material removed by scouring [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scouring

scoured scourer scourer pad scourer pads scourers scourge scourged scourger scourgers scourges

scourgest scourgeth scourging scourie scouries scouring (current term) scouring pad scouring pads scouring powder scouring powders

scouring rush scouring rushes scourings scours scourse scoursed scourses scoursing scouse scouser

Literary usage of Scouring

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

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Wool scouring and bleaching. The bleaching of wool never forms a separate industry, as in the case of cotton and linen, and, although in itself of minor ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1878)
"IT scouring, No scouring for pride, Spare kettle whole side. scouring. i ... scouring be needfull, yet scouring too mutch, •*- is pride without profit, ..."

3. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"After spinning, the yarn is left greasy, and a second scouring is necessary before ... As this would cause tangles and felting in the scouring and dyeing, ..."

4. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"After spinning, thi yarn is left greasy, and a second scouring is necessary before ... As this would cause tangles and felting in the scouring and dyeing, ..."

5. Bleaching and Related Processes as Applied to Textile Fibers and Other Materials by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1921)
"naturally existing in the suint of the fleece are still present in the scouring operation, and pass into solution in the scouring liquors. ..."

6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Objects of Dusting-—Previous to scouring, the wool as it comes from the sorter is in the majority of cases passed through a machine known as a duster. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Tho waste scouring liquors are collected in largo tanks and neutralised with sulphuric ... scouring with volatile liquids. This method is still only in an ..."

8. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"scouring powders usually consist of a large percentage of abrasive material with ... scouring soaps are similar in their general composition to the powders ..."

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