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The boulders, he concluded, had been scoured out of the mountains by glaciers that calved into the sea.

During the last Ice Age, this range was scoured by glaciers until most of it was beneath the sea.

The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom.

The waters scoured off the soft, windblown soil near the surface and eventually reached bedrock, the hardened lava of the Columbia Plateau.

The sea was scoured by powerful nets, and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom.

The clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

A round sample is fixed on an upper wall and a lower wall of the test section in a vacuumizing mode and is scoured by water flow.

Revetments must be sturdy and durable, able to resist damages caused by various factors. Their undercourse must not be scoured.

parking lot The police scoured the parking lot for hours trying to find clues.

Upon her arrival, the woman with child scoured the office for the missing car key.

Their fate remained unclear on Monday, as rescue helicopters and ships scoured the sea, although rescuers had found parts of some bodies.

As he scoured the globe, he became increasingly fascinated by four countries: Brazil, India, Russia and China.

The volcanic soil is scoured by hot winds that blow consistently year round through the channel between the Kenyan and Ethiopian highlands.

Half of the canoes were destroyed, while the rest scoured away so fast that in a short time none of them could be seen.

I met with a variety of researchers, scoured medical databases, and combed scientific publications.

The torrent scoured (out) a channel (down the hillside).

Just to humor an insistent reporter, Pauline scoured his workshop once to dig up 'plans " for a running machine he was creating. "

Warhol scoured newspapers for their stories and images, some of which he saved without using them in his art.

We were told to stand far away while Sgt Small and his teammate scoured the scene.

In Kurunegala, a town near the centre of the island nation, they scoured hotel rooms for unmarried lovers.

The sharp wind that scoured the streets seemed to have cleared them of passengers, as of dust and mud.

Since defaulting on a third of its foreign debt in December 2008, it has scoured the world for cash, without much success.

They were scoured clear of soil ages ago, but one may sometimes find moss or lichens growing, though virtually no flowering plants.

Acrylics are scoured with nonionic detergents, and CARE is taken to avoid alkaline conditions, since these fibers turn yellow in hot alkali.

It's filled with great ideas, but we scoured its pages with a singular aim: to find the best suggestions for how to store your books.

Some scholars consider Plato's account as purely fictional; others have scoured the world for evidence of its existence.

After selecting a desirable orphan, Adam scoured the database for similar enzymes in other organisms, along with the corresponding genes.

While supporters held prayer vigils and passed out missing persons fliers, police and volunteers scoured Toledo for Hancock.

Police scoured the woods (looking) for the body.

The police scoured the neighborhood for nearly a month. Then they accused Harry Hoffman.

After sorting, the wool is scoured. This involves washing in warm, soapy water several times, followed by thorough rinsing and drying.

It is the wildest of the wild, a glacier- scoured terrain unmarred by roads, tugged at by wind, on the shoulder of the Continental Divide.

In seven hours last week, great ocean waves scoured shores from Thailand to Somalia, exacting a terrible price in wealth and human lives.

The police scoured the neighbourhood for the missing child.

Rewards had been offered, the country had been scoured , but no Injun Joe was found.

The police scoured the neighborhood for the missing child.

Soon thereafter, private agents scoured the ports taverns , and countryside to sign on workers for indenture.

We scoured the Web for quality free sites, and came up with the seven websites below. Happy learning!

Alabama authorities scoured the globe for the boom they needed, says a spokesman for the governor.

When my daughter was born, my husband and I scoured our local message boards and websites to find a fantastic high-end baby-thrift store.

Soon thereafter, private agents scoured the port's taverns, and countryside to sing on workers for indenture.

Water had scoured out a passage In the soft sand.

Next, they scoured these data to identify genes whose activities change with varying conditions.

A private citizen recently found the tracks, which were possibly exposed after a rainstorm scoured away a thin layer of shale.

The dog advanced, retreated, paused an instant, and scoured away at his hardest speed.

Sandy river banks tend to be scoured by unsteady water flow.

My SETI (search for extra-terrestrial intelligence) continues unabated. . . having scoured Bombay, its on to Goa. I am optimistic.

The police scoured the area looking for the lost child.

The agent scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you? "

Every corner of the ocean has been scoured using high technology developed for waging wars on land.

Also on Wednesday, a maybe navy minesweeper scold scoured carryer' s( Piraeus) harbour for potentially explosives.

Long Island and Gardiner's Island were scoured but no more treasure was found.

The Romans scoured their realm for strange beasts and other exotica , parading them through their capital .

The detective scoured the scene of the crime FOR clues.

He scoured the pots and pans and put away the milk and swept the kitchen.

The nightly river-rushing winds of Hellgate Canyon keep most things scoured clean.

So, George and I scoured the Internet.

Problem with Orphans A gang of orphans scoured the city for scraps to live on.

The police scoured London for the thief.

For many days, Ralph the Rover scoured the seas, and many were the ships that he plundered.

The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside.

We scoured through the fields, looking for stray sheep.

Dr. Mariano called the psychiatrist back, and members of Mr. Clinton's entourage scoured Dublin.

The torrent scoured a gully down the hillside.

All the tins were scoured, and the tables scrubbed snowy white.

They scoured the neighborhood for the lost child.

Because the pipeline fundus is "hollowed out" by the scouring phenomena, the scoured pipeline is formed.

Men scoured the whole country looking for the lost child.

McCollough scoured the catalogue and developed an expertise for identifying humpbacks based on their distinct shape, color and markings.

He scoured off the dirt from the floor.

Desperate to find work as the economy tipped into chaos, Ms Babikan scoured job ads to no avail.

The servant scoured the frying opan until it shone like silver.

these barren , wind- scoured shores in this hungry.

The servant scoured the frying pan until it shone like silver.

Sports photographers have scoured the world to capture important moments in all competitions in 2010.

helmet off and scoured his face and his neck.

He scoured the grease off his jacket.

Data brokers long have scoured public records, such as real-estate transactions and courthouse documents, for information on individuals.

For all of 2005, minor purchases required dogged detective work as Bongiorni scoured catalogues and read labels.

Something that is scoured off or disposed of; refuse. Often used in the plural.

Mungo scoured his family's archives, compiling clues and leads to piece together a map to the Roon system.

I scoured the frying pan to remove the grease.

The troops scoured the open ground.

The stream had scoured a channel .

She scoured the silver in the dining hall.

The hot water scoured the tub out.

His verdict, arrived at after he scoured over 10, 000 points on the microwave maps, is that Dr Penrose's concentric circles are real.

After Hong Kong fell, I remember how we scoured the streets in search of ice cream and lipstick.

Standard Test Method for Resistance to Airflow as an Indication of Average Fiber Diameter of Wool Top, Card Silver, and Scoured Wool

Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair:

Specification for scoured cotton fabric for inflatable equipment for aerospace purposes

Influence of Low Temperature Plasma Treatment on the Properties of the Scoured Cotton Fabrics

Variation of maximum scoured distance with time for a horizontal wall jet

No Inexorable Relationship between Silted Floodplain and Scoured Channel

Test mothod for length of scoured mohair--Array diagram method

On the bearing capacity evaluation for scoured pile foundation and the reinforcement techniques

Syndepositional scoured deformation structure in grain flow deposition

Bleaching and Dyeing Properties of Enzymatic Scoured Cotton Fabric

magda washed , scrubbed , scoured , dusted

Variation of scoured hole dimension at different flow velocities

A study on physical properties and wear behaviors of enzyme-scoured cotton fabrics

Standard Test Method for Vegetable Matter and Other Alkali-Insoluble Impurities in Scoured Wool

rules of inspection for import and export scoured and carbonized wool

Mathematic Model for Bedrock Scoured Balance Depth of River Bed under the Action of Left-Right Collision of Water Jet from High Arch Dam

The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets

the fabric finish shall be scoured and heat set

scoured the sea for survivors

Discussion about the soakage wetting of Scoured Wasted Silk

I just scoured the 'Guinness book of world record's