a1625 J. Fletcher Chances i. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Aaa2/1 To..consume my selfe in candles, And scowring works, in Nurses Bells and Babies.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ 125 [This soup] may be considered as an assistant to Archæus, when he has any scouring work to perform.