Meaning of scoury | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Showery, marked by intermittent rain showers and wind.
2. Suffering from scouring (diarrhea).
3. Shabby.

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Examples

“'... scoury (tempestuous) night.'”

“"... scoury night," he said, as he looked up into the dark, portentous sky.”

“... scoury sky[…]”

“... 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[…]”

“... 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,[…]”

“... [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?”

“... scoury coat, ...”

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