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单词 outscourings
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outscouringsn.

Brit. /ˈaʊtˌskaʊərɪŋz/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌskaʊ(ə)rɪŋz/
Forms: see out- prefix and scouring n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, scouring n.2
Etymology: < out- prefix + the plural of scouring n.2 Compare later outscour n.
With plural agreement. Material which is washed out or removed by scouring. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning
washingsc1330
purginga1398
scouring1588
purgament1597
cleansing1608
fullage1611
sordes1640
scuda1642
offscouring1655
offage1727
outscourings1828
cleaning1855
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Outscourings, substances washed or scoured out. Buckland.
1853 E. S. Dixon in Househ. Words 26 Nov. 303/2 The outscourings of the abattoirs..all enter the steam below.
1865 W. White Eastern Eng. II. ix. 145 Curious things are those coprolites: animal outscourings, as geologists tell us, of the antediluvian ages.
1893 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 189 Those rivers were grossly polluted with the sewage and out-scourings of the rapidly-growing metropolis.
1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 97 You's a baandd o vyld ootscoorins.
1990 P. Scupham Watching the Perseids 59 Time now to cauterize by fire Outscourings from crooked corners: Barren leaves, the sack of libraries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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