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Meanings of scouring (scourings) in English

Catalan
fregada
Wikidata

Abrasive cleaning process, uses e.g. scouring pad for washing pans.

        fregada
        Wikidata

        Process of washing raw wool fiber to remove impurities and a portion of grease or lanolin before spinning.

              Usage of scourings in English
              1
              Near the bridge, on the rocks is plain evidence of glacial scourings.
              Out of Doors—California and Oregon
              2
              Many people consider that scourings supplementary to these are only due to habit.
              The Crock of Gold
              3
              And out of the scourings of that vast mass of chalk was our gravel-pit made.
              Scientific Essays and Lectures
              4
              My clinic recommends weekly scourings with a nonabrasive cleaner.
              Hula Done It?
              5
              They were generally commanded by ruffians, and manned with desperadoes of all nations-thescourings of the French galleys.
              Peter Biddulph: The Story of an Australian Settler
              6
              Therefore it is best only to let the public mind have the scourings, as it were, of one's existence.
              With Edged Tools
              7
              The people for the most part were half drunk-theywere the scourings from the low taverns in the Southwark Mint.
              Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
              8
              She carefully measured out half a pint of the unsavory fluid-thedregs of the casks and the scourings of the ledge.
              The Wings of the Morning
              9
              So when the cream is off, the rest of the clergy are plainly but skim milk, the scourings of the seminaries.
              En Route
              10
              Most of the gilding was worn off by the frequent scourings which it had undergone, beneath the hands of a black slave.
              True Stories of History and Biography
              11
              Scores of other rivulets on either side were pouring their off-scourings into the vexed river, each precisely as gracefully described in the lines:
              Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
              12
              Undeterred, they pivoted and began scouring the area for a new objective.
              Rock and Ice Magazine
              13
              Just think, I've been scouring the bells ever since early this morning.
              Down There
              14
              Explorers have spent days scouring the mountain top for possible alternative openings.
              News.com.au
              15
              Police are scouring east end Montreal, questioning everyone who knew the victim.
              Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
              16
              Other companies are now surely scouring their proxy statements for similar transgressions.
              Reuters
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              Translations for scourings
              Catalan
              fregada
              Scourings through the time