scoundrelly

[Eng.scoundrel; -ly.] Like a scoundrel; base, villainous, rascally. "Selim Fawley is a scoundrelly wretch." - Scribner's Magazine, April, 1880, p. 944. scoup (1), v. t. [SCOOP, v.] 3585 scourge, v. t. [SCOURGE, 8.] scraffito II. Figuratively : 1. To punish severely; to afflict for faults or sins, or for purpose of correction; to chastise. "He will scourge us for our iniquities." -Tobit xiii. 5. 2. To afflict or hara greatly; to torment. "A nation scourged yet tardy to repent." Cowper : Expostulation , 723. scourg-er, s. [Eng.scourg(e), v.; -er.] 1. One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts or hara es severely. 2. Specif.: One of the sect of Flagellants (q. v.). scour-Ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [SCOUR, v.] A. Transitive : 1. To rub hard with anything rough for the purpose of cleaning the surface; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright on the surface; to rub up; to brighten. 2. To remove the grease or dirt out of the fabric of, by pounding, washing, and the application of detergents; as, to scour cloth. 3. To remove by scouring or rubbing. 4. To purge violently; to clear thoroughly. 5. To cleanse or flush by a stream of water. 6. To pa swiftly over; to brush or course along. "Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain." Pope : E ay on Criticism, ii. 367. 7. To pa over swiftly in search of something, or to drive something away; to overrun, to sweep; to earch thoroughly. "[They] scoured the deep Glenfinlas glen." Scott: Glen fini as. 8. To sweep clear; to free, to rid. B. Intransitive: 1. To clean articles by rubbing. "She can wash and scour." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, iii. 1. 2. To take dirt or grease out of cloth. 3. To be purged to exce . 4. To run hastily or quickly; to scamper. "Never saw I men scour so on their way." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, ii. 1. 5. To rove or range for sweeping away or taking something. " Scouring along the coast of Italy."-Knolles: Hist. of the Turks. IMG:content-1058.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A kind of diarrhea or dysentery among cattle; exce ive purging or laxne . scour-age (age as Ig), 8. [Eng. scour; -age.] Refuse water after cleaning or scouring.