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Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your
seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.
--Mortimer.
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2. To burn or be burnt.
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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.
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3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; --
applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
-- {Scorch"er}, n. [Colloq.]


scorcher \scorch"er\
a very hot day. [Informal]
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