Scourge
11Scourge — Apparently recorded as Scorg, Scourge, and the diminutive Scourgie, this is a rare surname. It is English or at least is recorded in England since at least Elizabethan times (1558 1603), but is probably of Olde Norse Viking or Olde French origins …
12scourge — n. a scourge to (a scourge to the human race) * * * [skɜːdʒ] a scourge to (a scourge to the human race) …
13scourge — scourge1 [skə:dʒ US skə:rdʒ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Anglo French; Origin: escorge, from Old French escorgier to whip , from Latin corrigia long thin piece of leather ] 1.) something that causes a lot of harm or suffering scourge of ▪ the scourge… …
14Scourge — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Instrument of punishment. < N PARAG:Scourge >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 scourge scourge rod cane stick Sgm: N 1 ratan ratan rattan Sgm: N 1 birch birch birch rod Sgm: N 1 azote …
15scourge — scourge1 [ skɜrdʒ ] noun count 1. ) FORMAL something that causes a lot of trouble or harm: the effort to keep the scourge of drugs off our streets 2. ) a whip used in the past to punish people 3. ) FORMAL someone in a position of power who… …
16scourge — [[t]skɜ͟ː(r)ʤ[/t]] scourges, scourging, scourged 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people. ...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism... Drugs are a scourge… …
17scourge — /skɜdʒ / (say skerj) noun 1. a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture. 2. any means of punishment. 3. a cause of affliction or calamity. 4. a harassing, dictatorial person, especially a woman. –verb (t) (scourged,… …
18Scourge — Здесь перечислены наборы расширения (англ. Expansion Set) или просто сеты карт для коллекционной карточной игры Magic: The Gathering, выпускаемой компанией Wizards of the Coast. Магия постоянно обновляется и дополняется за счёт новых карт в… …
19scourge — 1. noun 1) historical he was beaten with a scourge Syn: whip, horsewhip, lash, strap, birch, switch, bullwhip, rawhide; historical cat o nine tails 2) inflation was the scourge of the mid 1970s Syn: affliction, ban …
20scourge — [[t]skɜrdʒ[/t]] n. v. scourged, scourg•ing 1) a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment 2) a person or thing that administers punishment or criticism 3) a cause of affliction or calamity: the scourge of famine[/ex] 4) to whip with a… …
