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单词 scourer
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scourern.1

Brit. /ˈskaʊərə/, U.S. /ˈskaʊ(ə)rər/
Forms: Middle English skoverour, skowrrour, skouriour, scorer, scorar, 1500s scurer, skourer, 1500s–1700s scowrer, 1700s scowerer, Middle English– scourer. See also scurrier n.2
Etymology: In sense 1 originally aphetic < discoverer n. (Old French descouvreor ); afterwards confused with the agent-noun < scour v.1 + -er suffix1.
1. One sent out to reconnoitre; a scout or avant-courier; = discoverer n. 2 and scurrier n.2
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guide, scout, etc.
waitc1325
runnera1382
scourera1400
exploratorc1429
discovererc1440
waiter?1473
out-spy1488
scurrier1488
aforeridera1525
fore-rider1548
guide?1548
outscourer1548
scout1555
vanquerer1579
outscout1581
outskirrer1625
scouter1642
scoutinger1642
wood-ranger1734
reconnoiterer1752
feeler1834
a1400 Morte Arth. 3118 Than skyftes þes skouerours, and skippes one hyllis, Discoueres for skulkers that they no skathe lymppene.
c1471 Arriv. K. Edw. IV (Camden) 28 The Kynge..sent afore hym his forrydars and scorars, on every syde hym.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 431 Set skouriouris furth the contre to aspye.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 103 Send twa skowrrouris to wesy weyll the playne.
c1500 Melusine (1895) xxx. 224 Thenne he loked on the ryght syde vpon a lytel mountaynne & sawe the grete batayll, and sawe the watche and the scourers al about the oost.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xii. sig. H.ii Oute was oure scurer sente againe,..to shewe them where aboute the place was.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 34 By the spring of the day the scourers that he sent before to discouer, returned to hym with reporte that Darius was coming.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Antecursor, a fore runner,..a scourer.
1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 109 To give order that the Scowrers come not out of the fielde till the Trumpet sounde.
1826 H. Smith Tor Hill I. 39 The scourers now took the lead, looking vigilantly around them.
2. In the 17th–18th centuries: One who made a practice of roistering through the streets at night, beating the watch, breaking windows, etc.
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] > noisy or riotous
revellerc1405
roister1549
roisterkin1553
care-away1576
roister-doister1592
mad shaver1611
roarer1622
wassailer1637
scourer1672
roisterer1684
tear-rogue1685
howler1875
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > frequenting streets > at night
night-walker1422
night-runner1670
scourer1672
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets > at night
night-walker1422
nightcap1623
night-runner1670
scourer1672
1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood v. ii No Burgundy man or drunken Scourer will reel my way.
1684 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 120 Several lusty fellows..pull'd down some of the railes before Ball: Coll: and broke windowes in S. Giles and Magd. parishes. These they call ‘Scourers’.
1691 Shadwell (title) The Scowrers.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 276. ⁋3 [He] has been, he tells me, a Scowrer, a Scamperer, a Breaker of Windows.
1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 74 Who has not heard the Scowrer's Midnight Fame?
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 58 In those days of highwaymen and scourers.
3. One who ranges over (land or sea).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who travels about a place
perambulator1611
circulator1744
scourer1878
1878 B. Harte Hoodlum Band ii Who but the Pirate Prodigy—the relentless Boy Scourer of Patagonian seas?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scourern.2

Brit. /ˈskaʊərə/, U.S. /ˈskaʊ(ə)rər/
Forms: Also Middle English scourour, 1500s skourer, 1500s–1700s scow(e)rer, 1600s skowrer.
Etymology: < scour v.2 + -er suffix1.
One who, or a thing which, scours.
1.
a. One who polishes or cleanses by hard rubbing. Used esp. as the designation of certain servants in the Royal Household.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun] > one who scours or rubs
scourer1576
rubber1611
offscourer1860
1576 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) II. 39 Ten services to the Porters and Skowrers of all sides.
1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 32 Six Porters, and Scourers, Larges at Easter:—5 . 0 . 0.
1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 103 The sword-cutler [maketh] swords, which the scourer furbisheth.
1669 E. Chamberlayne Present State Eng. 317 Three Turn~broaches, each 18l. 5s. Two Scowrers, each 18l. 5s.
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 209 So scowerers assist painting, and plaisterers mend statuary.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine ii A small person..acted as scourer, kitchen-wench, and scullion.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 Apr. 12/2 The ‘Kitchen Staff’ comprised a chief cook.., two assistant cooks, four scourers, three kitchenmaids.
b. figurative (with new). One who furbishes afresh or renovates.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal > refurbishment > one who
scourer1554
repolisher1593
1554 T. Martin Traictise Marriage of Priestes ii. sig. B Oure menne (beinge but newe scourers of their olde heresie).
2. One who cleans wool, cloth, clothes, etc.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes
river?c1475
melter1511
sinker1526
folder up1552
wiper1552
scourer1574
heaver1587
stoverc1600
rasper1611
ripper1611
roller1616
smearer1632
waterleadera1650
scooper1668
smiter1670
puncher1681
staker1688
crusher1794
hardener1796
reamer1822
piledriver1826
catcher1832
waterproofer1837
middler1847
culler1850
hanger-on1858
pitcher1865
bumper1871
fine liner1871
bricksetter1883
waxer1890
bottle-oh1898
edger1909
bottle-o-er1915
caster1921
recycler1970
linesperson1973
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > one who washes clothes
laundera1350
lavendera1350
laundererc1475
lavendrya1483
washer1530
scourer1756
1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury sig. Bvijv (margin) His Father was an honest poore man, a scourer or Calender of worsteddes of Norwich.
1688 London Gaz. No. 2328/4 One Zechariah Pickford,..a Scowrer by Trade,..is lately gone away with a Cantoon grey cloth Bed.
1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris i. 20 Carry..his Coat to a Scowerer's.
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. xiii. 164 Bottlecock and Co., Dyers, Callenderers, and Scourers.
1886 London Gaz. 5 Jan. 68/1 Dyer and Scourer—Robert Pullar, Perth.
3. One who cleans out drains, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] > clearing drain or sewer > one who
scourer?1518
flusherman1851
flusher1882
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. Bjv Than came a gonge fermourer Other wyse called a masser scourer.
1536 in Gentleman's Mag. (1813) May 427 John Wylkynson of Busshopgate strete in London, scourer of synks.
1540 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 309 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 Maser scowrer.
1902 C. G. Harper Cambr., Ely & King's Lynn Road 206 The main drains are scoured by ‘scourers’.
4. An implement or contrivance for scouring or scrubbing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun] > implement for scouring or scrubbing
rubber1536
scourer1859
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > one who or that which rubs or scrapes
froterer1607
scratcher1674
scraper1788
scrubber1839
abrader1849
abrasive1850
scourer1859
1859 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1858: Arts & Manuf. I. 378 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (35th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 105, Pt. 1) X Scourer G, blast spouts EF, and fan C, [are] combined and arranged relatively with each other.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 784/1 Scourer, a form of grain cleaner in which the berry is subjected to a rubbing action to remove all extraneous matters.
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 276/2 Hides brought to the currying..are put under a ‘scourer’, a machine constructed of a number of diminutive wheels, which are made to move powerfully and swiftly over the yet damp hide.
5. A wad or sponge for cleaning out the bore of a gun; a ramrod fitted with such a contrivance.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore > pull- or push-through
scourer1467
jag1844
pull-through1890
push-through1920
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore
moppet1512
scouring-stick1577
scourer1591
spongea1625
scouring-rod1697
sponge-staff1772
gun-brush1799
fire-swab1813
wiping-stick1817
wiper1826
washing-rod1850
sponge cloth1862
swab1863
wiping-rod1875
1467 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 43, No. 14) 1 posnet, 1 scourour, et 1 ladell.
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 4 His scowrer must be trimmed on the end with a Lynnen cloth.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esqueuillon, a Spunge, or Scourer for a peece of Ordnance.
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale v. 249 With ladles, chargers, skowrers, carthridges.
1631 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1732) XIX. 315 For a new Musket with Mould, Worm and Scowrer. ol. xvs. vid.
1708 London Gaz. No. 4455/4 Fine Triangle Worms.., experienc'd for drawing of Balls out of Pieces, with Scowerers and Washers to them.
1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) Rammer, or Scourer, is a Rod belonging to all Fire-Arms..serving to thrust down the Powder and Ball.
6. A purgative agent, a cathartic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative
laxativec1386
abstersive?a1425
purgative?a1425
lax1526
purgation1527
cleanser1528
looser1528
laskc1540
purger1558
solutory1561
scouring1575
expulsive1576
purge1593
solutive1605
opener1610
physica1616
calastic1621
loosener1630
minorative1633
relaxativea1637
cathartic1651
eccoprotic1656
vacuative1656
aperitive1671
spurger1681
aperient1682
hypercathartic1706
chalastic1708
scourer1718
drastic1783
solvent1815
purgament1828
dejector1831
laxation1897
mochlic1907
jollop1955
poop-pusher1966
1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis ii. ii. 96 Spleen-wort..has..been reckon'd..a Scowrer of the Spleen.
1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §3113. 1002 The process of worm scouring is somewhat mechanical... Sound moss is the best scourer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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