offscouringn.

Brit.

/ˈɒfˌskaʊərɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɔfˌskaʊ(ə)rɪŋ/,

/ˈɑfˌskaʊ(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: see off- prefix and scouring n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, scouring n.²

Etymology: < off- prefix + scouring n.²

1. Usually in plural. That which is scoured off (literally or figuratively).

a. In biblical use, and allusions to this: a group of people despised and cast aside like rubbish; scum, riff-raff. Occasionally in singular: a worthless or contemptible person.In the Bible verses Lamentations iii. 45 and 1 Corinthians iv. 13, and in writers following or echoing these, treated as a collective singular.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively)

chenaille1340

offal?a1425

putaylea1425

ribaldail1489

abject1526

offscouring1526

dreg1531

outsweeping1535

braggery1548

ribaldry1550

raff1557

sink1574

cattle1579

offscum1579

rabble1579

baggagery1589

scum1590

waste1592

menialty1593

baggage1603

froth1603

refuse1603

tag-rag1609

retriment1615

trasha1616

recrement1622

silts1636

garbage1648

riffle-raffle1668

raffle1670

riff-raff1678

scurf1688

mob1693

scouring1721

ribble-rabble1771

sweeping1799

clamjamphrie1816

ragabash1823

scruff1836

residuum1851

talent1882

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. iv. 13 The of scowrynge of all thinges.

1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel Apol. Churche Eng. (1859) i. 5 [They] did count them [sc. Christians] no better than the vilest filth, the offscourings and laughing games of the whole world.

1611 Bible (King James) Lam. iii. 45 Thou hast made vs as the offscouring and refuse in the middest of the people.

a1631 J. Donne Lament. Jeremy xvii Thou hast made us fall As refuse, and off-scouring to them all.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 413 White people, who are generally the dregs and off-scourings of our colonies.

1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse Shoe Robinson (U.S. ed.) I. xiv. 180 Why, you off-scouring,..it is enough to make Old Scratch laugh, to hear you talk about conscience!

1871 Scribner's Monthly 2 546 Every Protestant is counted but the off~scouring of decent society.

1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes i. 5 A vessel of the type often seen in coastwise trade in the far southern Atlantic, their crews composed of the offscourings of the sea—unhanged murderers and cutthroats of every race.

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door v. 114 The get-rich-quick offscourings of European capitals.

1997 C. Frazier Cold Mountain (2000) 58 He..commenced pulling the trigger out of sheer frustration with the willfulness of these sorry offscourings.

b. Filth or defilement cleaned off and thrown away; refuse, rubbish, dregs. Also figurative.Almost always in plural; cf. sweepings (sweeping n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun]

wrakea1350

outcastingc1350

rammel1370

rubble1376

mullockc1390

refusec1390

filtha1398

outcasta1398

chaff?a1400

rubbishc1400

wastec1430

drossc1440

raff?1440

rascal1440

murgeonc1450

wrack1472

gear1489

garblec1503

scowl1538

raffle1543

baggage1549

garbage1549

peltry1550

gubbins?1553

lastage1553

scruff1559

retraict1575

ross1577

riddings1584

ket1586

scouring1588

pelf1589

offal1598

rummage1598

dog's meat1606

retriment1615

spitling1620

recrement1622

mundungus1637

sordes1640

muskings1649

rejectament1654

offscouring1655

brat1656

relicts1687

offage1727

litter1730

rejectamenta1795

outwale1825

detritus1834

junk1836

wastements1843

croke1847–78

sculch1847

debris1851

rumble1854

flotsam1861

jetsam1861

pelt1880

offcasting1893

rubbishry1894

littering1897

muckings1898

wastage1898

dreck1905

bruck1929

crap1934

garbo1953

clobber1965

dooky1965

grot1971

tippings-

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning

washingsc1330

purginga1398

scouring1588

purgament1597

cleansing1608

fullage1611

sordes1640

scuda1642

offscouring1655

offage1727

outscourings1828

cleaning1855

1655 Woodall's Surgeons Mate (new ed.) 185 As it were off-scouring, or off-shavings of the intestines.

1665 A. Marvell Char. Holland 1 Holland, that scarce deserves the name of Land, As but th' Of-scowring of the Brittish Sand.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 196 Light may otherwise arise than from suns (as may be seen by..stale Sprats,..the off-scourings of an Oyster-shell).

1797 E. Burke Third Let. toMember Present Parl. 70 If his Majesty had kept aloof from that wash and off-scouring of every thing that is low and barbarous in the world.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ii. 16 Having carefully picked my way through the off~scourings of the lofty houses on either side of me.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 344 [Fires] consumed the offscourings of a great city.

1974 Country Life 6 June 1407/2 Real music, even if it be only a music hall song..will be worth all the off-scourings of the classics.

1989 M. Robinson Mother Country Introd. 28 It is the off-scourings of a government-owned factory pouring into the environment of a virtuous and public-spirited nation.

†2. The action of scouring off. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun]

scouringa1398

scrub1621

scrubbing1749

brush1822

offscouring1896

scour1910

1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 21 My microscopical coating of dross needs no sweat of brow for its offscouring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	offscouring
释义	offscouringn. Brit. /ˈɒfˌskaʊərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌskaʊ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈɑfˌskaʊ(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: see off- prefix and scouring n.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, scouring n.² Etymology: < off- prefix + scouring n.² 1. Usually in plural. That which is scoured off (literally or figuratively). a. In biblical use, and allusions to this: a group of people despised and cast aside like rubbish; scum, riff-raff. Occasionally in singular: a worthless or contemptible person.In the Bible verses Lamentations iii. 45 and 1 Corinthians iv. 13, and in writers following or echoing these, treated as a collective singular. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively) chenaille1340 offal?a1425 putaylea1425 ribaldail1489 abject1526 offscouring1526 dreg1531 outsweeping1535 braggery1548 ribaldry1550 raff1557 sink1574 cattle1579 offscum1579 rabble1579 baggagery1589 scum1590 waste1592 menialty1593 baggage1603 froth1603 refuse1603 tag-rag1609 retriment1615 trasha1616 recrement1622 silts1636 garbage1648 riffle-raffle1668 raffle1670 riff-raff1678 scurf1688 mob1693 scouring1721 ribble-rabble1771 sweeping1799 clamjamphrie1816 ragabash1823 scruff1836 residuum1851 talent1882 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. iv. 13 The of scowrynge of all thinges. 1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel Apol. Churche Eng. (1859) i. 5 [They] did count them [sc. Christians] no better than the vilest filth, the offscourings and laughing games of the whole world. 1611 Bible (King James) Lam. iii. 45 Thou hast made vs as the offscouring and refuse in the middest of the people. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Lament. Jeremy xvii Thou hast made us fall As refuse, and off-scouring to them all. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 413 White people, who are generally the dregs and off-scourings of our colonies. 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse Shoe Robinson (U.S. ed.) I. xiv. 180 Why, you off-scouring,..it is enough to make Old Scratch laugh, to hear you talk about conscience! 1871 Scribner's Monthly 2 546 Every Protestant is counted but the off~scouring of decent society. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes i. 5 A vessel of the type often seen in coastwise trade in the far southern Atlantic, their crews composed of the offscourings of the sea—unhanged murderers and cutthroats of every race. 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door v. 114 The get-rich-quick offscourings of European capitals. 1997 C. Frazier Cold Mountain (2000) 58 He..commenced pulling the trigger out of sheer frustration with the willfulness of these sorry offscourings. b. Filth or defilement cleaned off and thrown away; refuse, rubbish, dregs. Also figurative.Almost always in plural; cf. sweepings (sweeping n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] wrakea1350 outcastingc1350 rammel1370 rubble1376 mullockc1390 refusec1390 filtha1398 outcasta1398 chaff?a1400 rubbishc1400 wastec1430 drossc1440 raff?1440 rascal1440 murgeonc1450 wrack1472 gear1489 garblec1503 scowl1538 raffle1543 baggage1549 garbage1549 peltry1550 gubbins?1553 lastage1553 scruff1559 retraict1575 ross1577 riddings1584 ket1586 scouring1588 pelf1589 offal1598 rummage1598 dog's meat1606 retriment1615 spitling1620 recrement1622 mundungus1637 sordes1640 muskings1649 rejectament1654 offscouring1655 brat1656 relicts1687 offage1727 litter1730 rejectamenta1795 outwale1825 detritus1834 junk1836 wastements1843 croke1847–78 sculch1847 debris1851 rumble1854 flotsam1861 jetsam1861 pelt1880 offcasting1893 rubbishry1894 littering1897 muckings1898 wastage1898 dreck1905 bruck1929 crap1934 garbo1953 clobber1965 dooky1965 grot1971 tippings- the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning washingsc1330 purginga1398 scouring1588 purgament1597 cleansing1608 fullage1611 sordes1640 scuda1642 offscouring1655 offage1727 outscourings1828 cleaning1855 1655 Woodall's Surgeons Mate (new ed.) 185 As it were off-scouring, or off-shavings of the intestines. 1665 A. Marvell Char. Holland 1 Holland, that scarce deserves the name of Land, As but th' Of-scowring of the Brittish Sand. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 196 Light may otherwise arise than from suns (as may be seen by..stale Sprats,..the off-scourings of an Oyster-shell). 1797 E. Burke Third Let. toMember Present Parl. 70 If his Majesty had kept aloof from that wash and off-scouring of every thing that is low and barbarous in the world. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ii. 16 Having carefully picked my way through the off~scourings of the lofty houses on either side of me. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 344 [Fires] consumed the offscourings of a great city. 1974 Country Life 6 June 1407/2 Real music, even if it be only a music hall song..will be worth all the off-scourings of the classics. 1989 M. Robinson Mother Country Introd. 28 It is the off-scourings of a government-owned factory pouring into the environment of a virtuous and public-spirited nation. †2. The action of scouring off. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun] scouringa1398 scrub1621 scrubbing1749 brush1822 offscouring1896 scour1910 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 21 My microscopical coating of dross needs no sweat of brow for its offscouring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1526
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