scour : Idioms & Phrases

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Scouring barrel

  • a tumbling barrel. See under Tumbling.
Webster 1913

Scouring cinder

  • (Metal.), a basic slag, which attacks the lining of a shaft furnace. Raymond.
Webster 1913

scouring pad

  • noun a small abrasive cleaning pad used for scouring pots and pans
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Scouring rush

  • noun evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils
    rough horsetail; Equisetum hyemale robustum; Equisetum hyemale; Equisetum robustum.
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  • . (Bot.) See Dutch rush, under Dutch.
Webster 1913

Scouring stock

  • (Woolen Manuf.), a kind of fulling mill.
Webster 1913

variegated scouring rush

  • noun northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe
    variegated horsetail; Equisetum variegatum.
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