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Scouring

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I ʹscaped a scouring—a disease. Scouring is a sort of flux in horses and cattle. (Latin, Malum prætervehi; French, Lʹéchapper belle.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Scourge of Christians
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Scowerers
Scrape
Scrape an Acquaintance (To)
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