|Origin:||Probably from a Scandinavian language.|
|Origin:||Probably from Middle Dutch schuren, from Old French
escurer, from Late Latin excurare 'to clean off', from Latin
cura 'care'| to search very carefully and thoroughly through an
area, a document etc scour something for something Her family
began to scour the countryside for a suitable house. 2 also
scour outDHC to clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it
with a rough material [= scrub]: Ada was scouring out the pans.
3 also scour outHE to form a hole by continuous movement over a
long period: Over the years, the stream had scoured out a round
pool in the rock.