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offscouring (ˈɒfˌskaʊərɪŋ, ˈɔː-) [off- 3.] 1. The action of scouring off. rare.1896 Mrs. Caffyn Quaker Grandmother 21 My microscopical coating of dross needs no sweat of brow for its off⁓scouring. 2. That which is scoured off; filth or defilement cleaned off and cast aside; refuse, rubbish. a. lit. ...
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offscum
offscum (ˈɒfskʌm, ɔː-) Also 6 offscome, ofscombe, 7 off-scumme, of-scum(me. [f. off- 3 + scum.] That which is skimmed off; scum, dross, refuse; fig. that which is rejected as vile or worthless (usually of persons, in collective sing. or pl.; formerly also of one person).1579 Lodge Def. Plays 3 A lit...
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James Baldwin
when he sees a mass of faces as he descends to the threshing floor: "They were the despised and rejected, the wretched and the spat upon, the earth's offscouring
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off-
off-, prefix The adv. off occurs in combination with verbs, ppl. adjs., vbl. ns., and other ns. In earlier times, it was written of-, as explained under of- prefix 2; but such of the ME. compounds as survived into modern Eng. were then written off-, which is the only form found in recent compounds. ...
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Samsung Electronics
As of 2019 Samsung employs over 200,000 employees in the Hanoi-area of Vietnam to produce Smartphones, while offscouring some manufacturing to China and
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baggage
baggage, n. and a. (ˈbægɪdʒ) Forms: 5–6 bagage, 6 bagguage, baggadge, (badgage), bagige, 5– baggage. [a. OF. bagage (15th c. in Littré) ‘property packed up for carriage’ (= Pr. bagatge, Sp. bagage), f. baguer ‘to tie up, bind, truss up,’ or f. the cogn. n. bagues, i.e. ‘bundles, packs’ (used, much e...
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渣
【渣】zhā(1)(形声。从水,查声。本义:渣滓,物质经提炼或使用后的残余部分)(2)同本义 [dregs;offscouring;residue]今人谓糟滓为苴作,侧加反,俗字作渣,乃沮之形变也。――章炳麟《新方言》(3)又如:渣柜(方言。垃圾箱);油渣儿;豆腐渣;沉渣;废渣;炉渣;钢渣;麻渣;煤渣;蔗渣(4)碎屑 [broken bits;crumbs;fragments]若木于是乎倒覆,折扶桑而为渣。――《南齐书》(5)又如:渣子(碎屑);渣渣(碎片;碎屑);面包渣儿
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