0 present participle of scour --
1 to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough: --
2 to search a place or thing very carefully in order to try to find something: --
3 (of farm animals, especially cows and pigs) to have diarrhoea: --
I suspect that there was some scouring of past texts to come up with that formula.
I am keen to see an increase in the use of the private finance initiative for the scouring of public projects.
Our leading stores are scouring the world for high quality textiles because they are not avail able at home.
I imagine it is those in which soap has to be used in scouring wool yarn.
This silting is only held in check by the scouring action of the flood waters coming down from the upper reaches of the river.
It is scouring the country for spare suitable rolling stock, so far to no avail.
Two of the legs began to wobble, and that again caused more scouring of the sand until eventually, having dislodged 6 ft.
By the middle of 1965 stocks were very low and the cement makers were scouring the world for imports at high prices.
