scouredadj.
/skaʊəd/ 1.
a. Polished by rubbing; cleansed by scrubbing with a detergent. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [adjective] > scoured or scrubbed
scouredc1450
well-scrubbed1793
scrubbed1870
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 186 Droppe hyt in a clene scoured bacyn.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. i. 7 They glistred, as it had bene fayre scoured metall.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. iv. f. ixv He cannot be sene, but onely with the scoured iyes of the soule.
1675 Gentlewomans Compan. (new ed.) 141 Set it a-boiling in a clean scoured skillet.
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xxi. 465 I saw seven white scoured Elephants Teeth.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xviii. 303 Dinah would contract such an immoderate attachment to her scoured tin, as to insist upon it that it shouldn't be used again for any possible purpose.
b. With out, of a glass: Cleaned out, emptied. Scottish.
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1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 158 (Jam.) An' ilka blade had fill'd his wame, Wi' monie scour'd-out glasses.
2.
a. Of silk, wool, etc.: Treated with a detergent.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [adjective]
yteseda1425
carded1547
currieda1556
scoured1667
wrought1694
combed1833
slubbed1844
willowed1880
stringy1902
deseeded1958
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [adjective] > with detergent
scoured1667
1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 305 The same scowred Silk.
1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 71 The new-scower'd Manteau.
c1830 M. M. Sherwood Houlston Tracts III. No. 81. 6 She wore a scoured silk trimmed with gimp.
1868 J. Turner Woollen Manuf. Assist. 56 To find weight of greasy wool required to produce a certain weight of scoured wool.
b. quasi-n.= scoured wool.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > wool > cleaned
scoured1894
1894 Times 14 Mar. 3/4 The Continent again purchased freely of scoureds.
1897 Daily News 19 Mar. 9/5 Good bodied and light dry scoureds maintain previous series' prices.
3. Purged; cleansed by purging.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [adjective] > purged
scoured1653
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xi. 199 At a well scowred Lob-worm, he [sc. the barbel] will bite as boldly as at any bait. View more context for this quotation
1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xiii. 106 A small well~scoured red worm will take them when nothing else will.
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