Definition of scour

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

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Aim :: Aim (v. i.) The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it..
Locution :: Locution (n.) Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
Searching :: Searching (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye..
Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon..
Expostulatory :: Expostulatory (a.) Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter..
Disanimation :: Disanimation (n.) The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.
Synopses :: Synonymy (n.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
Onology :: Onology (n.) Foolish discourse.
Discursion :: Discursion (n.) The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought..
Prelect :: Prelect (v. i.) To discourse publicly; to lecture.
Punctuation :: Punctuation (n.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning..
Full :: Full (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill..
Argumentative :: Argumentative (a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse..
Impassioned :: Impassioned (p. p. & a.) Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse..
Dissertator :: Dissertator (n.) One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses.
Discourse :: Discourse (n.) The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty..
Sanctiloquent :: Sanctiloquent (a.) Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner..
Epiphonema :: Epiphonema (n.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse..
Set :: Set (a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle..
Comment :: Comment (n.) A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk..
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