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Scorch v. t. (past & past part. scorched; pres. part. scorching)

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 singèd air Never scorch thy tresses fair."

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."

To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. "Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire." "The fire that scorches me to death."

Scorch v. i.

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."

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."

To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. (Colloq.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scorch" Quotes from Famous Books

... being a privilege, it is a prison, wherein we must suffer fearful pains and still more fearful thoughts. Physical pain registers a high degree of intense feverish suffering, but mental torture is fired with the scorch of hell. ...

— Tyranny of God • Joseph Lewis

... know," went on Thistle, "that there is no dainty in the world which we elves enjoy like a bowl of fern-seed broth. But it has to be cooked over a real fire, and we dare not go near fire, you know, lest our wings scorch. So we seldom get any fern-seed broth. Now, Toinette, ...

— The Children's Book of Christmas Stories • Various

... thoughtless and selfish, my daughter," she said. "You went out and enjoyed yourself with no thought of one who was left alone at home. Hereafter you shall be no longer beloved among men. Your rays shall be so hot and burning that they shall scorch everything they touch. Men shall cover their heads when you appear, and they shall run away ...

— Tell Me Another Story - The Book of Story Programs • Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

... Father. She belongs to all, and embraces everyone.—It is not her fault if you have brought her down to your own level.... Unhappy creatures, who sully your gods; there is not a lofty idea that you have not tarnished. You turn the good that is brought you, into poison, and scorch yourselves with the very light that shines on you. I came among you to bring warmth to your loneliness; I brought your shivering souls together in a flock, and bound your scattered weakness in sheaves of arrows. I am brotherly ...

— Clerambault - The Story Of An Independent Spirit During The War • Rolland, Romain

... were chiefly Invented for drying of brown Malts and saving of Fuel, for these when they come to be thorough hot will make the Corns crack and jump by the fierceness of their heat, so that they will be roasted or scorch'd in a little time, and after they are off the Kiln, to plump the body of the Corn and make it take the Eye, some will sprinkle water over it that it may meet with the better Market. But if such Malt is not used quickly, it will slacken and lose its Spirits to a great degree, and perhaps in half ...

— The London and Country Brewer • Anonymous

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