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v. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1.

v. To cause to dry up and wither.

verb-intransitive. To become withered or dried up.

n. A condition, such as a scar, produced by searing.

n. The catch in a gunlock that keeps the hammer halfcocked or fully cocked.

adj. Variant of sere1.

adj. Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

v. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument

n. A scar produced by searing

n. Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

adj. Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.

v. To wither; to dry up.

v. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous. Also used figuratively.

n. The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

Dry; withered: used especially of vegetation.

To become dry; wither.

To make dry; dry up; wither.

To wither or dry up on the surface by the application of heat or of something heated; scorch; burn the surface of; burn from the surface in ward; cauterize: as, to sear the flesh with a hot iron.

To deaden or make callous; deprive of sensibility or feeling.

To blight or blast; shrivel up.

Synonyms and Singe, etc. See scorch.

n. The pivoted piece in a gun-lock which enters the notches of the tumbler and holds the hammer at full or half cock. See cuts under gun-lock and rifle.

n. An obsolete spelling of seer.

adj. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

v. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

v. make very hot and dry

v. become superficially burned

v. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

"V. iii.22 (518,6) my way of life/Is fall'n into the sear] As there is no relation between the _way of life_, and _fallen into the sear_, I am inclined to think that the W is only an M inverted, and that it was originally written,"

dry    sere   

seared    searing    searness    sears   

burn    combust    dry    dry out   

to sear up    tickle of the sear   

dry    withered    cauterize    scorch    burn    blight   

Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir