Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCOUR, v.i.

1. To perform the business of cleaning vessels by rubbing. – Shak.
2. To clean. Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better. – Bacon.
3. To be purged to excess. – Bacon. Mortimer.
4. To rove or range for sweeping or taking something. Barbarossa, thus scouring along the coast of Italy. – Knolles.
5. To run with celerity; to scamper. So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, / Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace. – Dryden.