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
The re-appearance of Greene and his army in North Carolina, heralded by the scourings of Lee and Pickens, disconcerted the schemes of Lord Cornwallis.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
They were washed-down, melted, stripped of earth and vegetation; and down from their flanks in a steep, even slope, lay the d�bris and scourings of centuries.
From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane
And out of the scourings of that vast mass of chalk was our gravel-pit made.
From Scientific Essays and Lectures by Kingsley, Charles
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