Definition of scour

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

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Locution :: Locution (n.) Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
Thine :: Thine (pron. & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers..
Collocution :: Collocution (n.) A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse.
Treat :: Treat (v. i.) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties..
Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order..
Dispunct :: Dispunct (a.) Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous.
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.
Entreat :: Entreat (v. i.) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty..
Prelect :: Prelect (v. i.) To discourse publicly; to lecture.
Paleology :: Paleology (n.) The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archaeology ..
Scour :: Scour (v. i.) To cleanse anything.
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally..
Preachify :: Preachify (v. i.) To discourse in the manner of a preacher.
Unfavorable :: Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer..
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..
Text :: Text (n.) A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary..
Coherency :: Coherency (n.) Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness..
Epitomize :: Epitomize (v. t.) To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin..
Dissertation :: Dissertation (n.) A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies..
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