scourings
Americanplural noun
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the residue left after cleaning grain
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residue that remains after scouring
Etymology
Origin of scourings
First recorded in 1580–90; see origin at scour 1, -ing 1, -s 3
Example Sentences
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Ship's cheese came adulterated with kitchen scourings, rancid fat and glue.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when they had scoured the waterfront boardinghouses, Prince shook his head over their scourings.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
They were generally commanded by ruffians, and manned with desperadoes of all nations—the scourings of the French galleys.
From Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler by William Henry Giles Kingston
And out of the scourings of that vast mass of chalk was our gravel-pit made.
From Scientific Essays and Lectures by Charles Kingsley
She carefully measured out half a pint of the unsavory fluid—the dregs of the casks and the scourings of the ledge.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
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