Sometimes cattle eat dried paint scrapings with apparent relish and are poisoned.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
"Who told you," he questioned in turn, "that I had my poor scrapings in it?"
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
By means of the scrapings of the stomachs of various animals Schwann succeeded in preparing an artificial gastric juice, and showed just how the action of the gastric secretions brought about the solution of the contents of the stomach.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh