plural noun
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the residue left after cleaning grain
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residue that remains after scouring
Etymology
Origin of scourings
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 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
The uneasiness of the crew, their frequent conferences, Owen's mysterious words, the constant scourings of the deck and the oppressive heat of the cabins which had been noticed even by my fellow-passengers, all are explained.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Verne, Jules
And when he finds himself actually free, his joy expends itself in bounds, in pirouettes, and in scourings hither and thither at the top of his speed.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert
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