Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent. · To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water. · To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge. · To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water. · A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall. · A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing. · Diarrhoea, in livestock; scouring.
From Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), from Middle Dutch scuren, schuren (“to clean; to polish”) or Middle Low German schǖren, of uncertain origin but probably from Old French escurer, from Medieval Latin scūrō, escūrō, excūrō (“to clean off”), from ex- (“thoroughly”) + cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), from cūra (“care, concern”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”)) + -ō. The word is cognate with Danish skure, Middle High German schüren, schiuren (modern German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)), Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), Swedish skura, Catalan escurar.
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