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scour

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scour
prolonged diarrhoea in livestock, esp cattle

scour [′skau̇ยทər]
(geology)


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He never could go after even a turnip-cart but he must have the swords and guns all scoured up for it, though they was only lath and broomsticks, and you might scour at them till you rotted, and then they warn't worth a mouthful of ashes more than what they was before.
"There's a strong scour with the ebb," he said, "and this here passage has been dug out, in a manner of speaking, with a spade.
Half the regiments form bands and scour the countryside and put everything to fire and sword.
 
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