Scour

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Scoured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scouring.]
	2.	To purge; as, to scour a horse.
	3.	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. [I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it. - Shak.
	4.	To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. - Pope.
	5.	To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush. If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch. - Blackstone. Scouring barrel a tumbling barrel. See under Tumbling. Scouring cinder (Metal.) a basic slag, which attacks the lining of a shaft furnace. Scouring rush (Bot.) See Dutch rush, under Dutch. - Raymond. Scouring stock (Woolen Manuf.) a kind of fulling mill.
v. i.	1.	To clean anything by rubbing.
	2.	To cleanse anything. Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better. - Bacon.
	3.	To be purged freely; to have a diarrhœa.
	4.	To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper. So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace. - Dryden.
n.	1.	Diarrhœa or dysentery among cattle.
	2.	The act of scouring.
	3.	A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall. If you catch the two sole denizens [trout] of a particular scour, you will find another pair installed in their place to-morrow. - Grant Allen.

Noun	1.	scour - a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
Verb	1.	scour - examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
	2.	scour - clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back" Synonyms: scrub
	3.	scour - rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" Synonyms: abrade
	4.	scour - rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" Synonyms: flush, purge

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