Noun
a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

Verb
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"

Verb
clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"

Verb
rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"

Verb
examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To purge; as, to scour a horse.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.

v. i.
To clean anything by rubbing.

v. i.
To cleanse anything.

v. i.
To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.

v. i.
To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.

n.
Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.

Scour

[I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it.

Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain.

Scour

Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better.

So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.

Scour

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.

To clean anything by rubbing.

Diarrh'd2a or dysentery among cattle.