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scoured

verb (past form of scour)

«scoured» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

  1. Scoured means rubbed hard until clean and shiny. tree →
  2. Scoured means searched every part of a place carefully. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, a floor or pot that has been rubbed clean; or a land that has been searched from end to end

Examples

  • The floors were scoured and bright. tree →
  • Ralph scoured the seas for ships. tree →
  • We scoured the garden for my lost ring. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Brass pots that held a sin-offering had to be scoured and rinsed in water.

Interpretation. The law shows that holy food could soak into a pot, so the pot had to be treated with care.

Examples

  • But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. (Torah LEV.6.28, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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