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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scorch  \Scorch\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  be  burnt  on  the  surface;  to  be  parched;  to  be  dried  up 
 
  Scatter  a  little  mungy  straw  or  fern  amongst  your 
  seedlings,  to  prevent  the  roots  from  scorching. 
  --Mortimer. 
 
  2.  To  burn  or  be  burnt. 
 
  He  laid  his  long  forefinger  on  the  scarlet  letter, 
  which  forthwith  seemed  to  scorch  into  Hester's 
  breast,  as  if  it  had  been  red  hot.  --Hawthorne. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Summer  drouth  or  sing[`e]d  air  Never  scorch  thy 
  tresses  fair.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  affect  painfully  with  heat,  or  as  with  heat;  to  dry  up 
  with  heat;  to  affect  as  by  heat. 
 
  Lashed  by  mad  rage,  and  scorched  by  brutal  fires. 
  --Prior. 
 
  3.  To  burn;  to  destroy  by  or  as  by  fire. 
 
  Power  was  given  unto  him  to  scorch  men  with  fire. 
  --Rev.  xvi.  8. 
 
  The  fire  that  scorches  me  to  death.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scorch  \Scorch\,  v.  i. 
  To  ride  or  drive  at  great,  usually  at  excessive,  speed;  -- 
  applied  chiefly  to  automobilists  and  bicyclists.  [Colloq.]  -- 
  {Scorch"er},  n.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scorch 
  n  1:  a  surface  burn  [syn:  {singe}] 
  2:  a  discoloration  caused  by  heat 
  v  1:  make  very  hot;  "searing  heat"  [syn:  {sear}] 
  2:  burn  so  as  to  affect  color  or  taste;  "blackened  chicken 
  breast";  "The  ceiling  above  the  fireplace  was  charred" 
  [syn:  {char},  {blacken}] 
  3:  burn  superficially  or  lightly;  "I  singed  my  eyebrows"  [syn: 
  {singe},  {swinge}] 
  4:  cause  to  wither  or  parch  from  exposure  to  heat;  "The  sun 
  parched  the  earth"  [syn:  {parch},  {sear}]




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