scour

1 :  a place scoured by running water

2 :  scouring action (as of a glacier)

3 :  diarrhea, dysentery —usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction

4 :  scouring 1; also :  damage done by scouring action

:  to move about quickly especially in search

:  to go through or range over in or as if in a search

1 :  to rub hard with a rough substance or object in order to clean

2 :  to free or clear from impurities by or as if by rubbing

:  to go or move swiftly about, over, or through in search of something Detectives scoured the records for a clue.

of a domestic animal :  to suffer from diarrhea or dysentery a diet causing cattle to scour

:  diarrhea or dysentery occurring especially in young domestic animals—usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction