scourings

[ skouuhr-ingz, skou-er- ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. dirt or refuse removed by scouring. scour.
2. refuse removed from grain.

scourings

/ ˈskaʊərɪŋz /

plural noun

1. the residue left after cleaning grain
2. residue that remains after scouring

Word History and Origins

Origin of scourings¹

First recorded in 1580–90; scour ¹, -ing ¹, -s ³

Example Sentences

But when they had scoured the waterfront boardinghouses, Prince shook his head over their scourings.

From Literature

They do not know, in their pitiable ignorance, the towers and bridges that can be made from the scourings of a washboard factory.

From Project Gutenberg

With a soldier’s eye he was scrutinising these military vagabonds, supposed to be of Arab race, but whom he knew to be the scourings of the Parisian streets, disguised under the turbans of the Mohammed.

From Project Gutenberg

The re-appearance of Greene and his army in North Carolina, heralded by the scourings of Lee and Pickens, disconcerted the schemes of Lord Cornwallis.

From Project Gutenberg

The three were manifestly no soldiers—that I could see at once—but just the scourings of the Dumfries stables, that had taken to the informer's trade.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• debris
• droppings
• junk
• litter
• residue
• rubbish
• rubble
• sediment
• waste