chamois vs scourge

chamois

noun
  • The traditional colour of chamois leather. 

  • A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. 

  • A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle. 

  • An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather. 

verb
  • To clean with a chamois leather cloth. 

adj
  • Chamois-colored. 

scourge

noun
  • A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed. 

  • A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction. 

  • A means to inflict such pain or destruction. 

verb
  • To strike with a scourge; to flog. 

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