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ˈoffˈscour, v. rare. [f. off- 1 + scour v.] trans. To scour off; in quot. to scour or cleanse from defilement. So ˈoffˌscourer, one who scours off.
1578Lyte Dodoens iii. vi. 322 They of scoure and clense al inwarde partes. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. ix. xi, England..becoming thus the offscourer of the earth, and taking the hyena instead of the lion upon her shield. |