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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
scorching
adv 1: capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot"
adj 1: hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching
heat"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Scorch \Scorch\ (sk[^o]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched; p.
pr. & vb. n. Scorching.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to
scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skr["o]kka,
to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skr[*a]kkla to
wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF.
escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F.
['e]corcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis,
bark (cf. Cork); because the skin falls off when scorched.]
1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface
of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color
and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
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Summer drouth or sing[`e]d air
Never scorch thy tresses fair. --Milton.
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2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up
with heat; to affect as by heat.
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Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
--Prior.
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3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
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Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
--Rev. xvi. 8.
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The fire that scorches me to death. --Dryden.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Scorching \Scorch"ing\, a.
1. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
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2. sufficiently hot to cause scorching.
[PJC] -- Scorch"ing*ly, adv. -- Scorch"ing*ness, n.
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Thesaurus Results for Scorching:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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