scoury meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

scoury

adj

Etymology From a dialectal sense of scour, "rain shower", from Old Norse skúr (“shower”), + -y.

Showery, marked by intermittent rain showers and wind.

'... scoury (tempestuous) night.'1900, Henrietta Keddie, Logan's loyalty, by Sarah Tytler, page 211:
"... scoury night," he said, as he looked up into the dark, portentous sky.1910, One Hundred Choice Selections, page 204:

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adj

Etymology From scour (“suffer diarrhea”) + -y.

Suffering from scouring (diarrhea).

... scoury calves sometimes die. As with so many livestock disorders, prevention is the name of the game. At one time every calf I brought on the farm caught a wicked brand of scours. Evidently, previously purchased baby bovines had[…]1980, The New Farm:
... scoury, weak, drawn up, and unpromising. I still continued to feed the cows heavily because I wanted them to grow the calves well. But I couldn't get the calves to do any good,[…]1916, American Breeder, page 4:

Shabby.

... [the] scoury-looking fellow I saw you speaking to at the bridge-end that day of our Sacrament was one of that kind of folk?1876, James Moir Porteous, Brethren in the Keelhowes: Brethrenism Tested by the Word of God, page 171:
... scoury coat, ...1977, Harvard University. Library, Harvard Library Bulletin: