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Seared

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sear 1  (sîr)
v. seared, sear·ing, sears
v.tr.
1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1.
2. To cause to dry up and wither.
v.intr.
To become withered or dried up.
n.
A condition, such as a scar, produced by searing.

[Middle English seren, from Old English sarian, to wither, from sar, withered.]

sear 2  (sîr)
n.
The catch in a gunlock that keeps the hammer halfcocked or fully cocked.

[Probably French serre, something that grasps, from Old French, lock, from serrer, to grasp, from Vulgar Latin *serrre, from Late Latin serre, to bolt, from Latin sera, bar, bolt; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]

sear 3  (sîr)
adj.
Variant of sere1.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.seared - having the surface burned quickly with intense heat; "the seared meat is then covered with hot liquid for braising"
cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat


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When my friends had finished, the road was seared, and blown, and pitted with unequal pressure layers, spirals, vortices, and readjustments for at least an hour.
While my seared soul was steeped in the healing balm of those gracious sounds, it seemed to me that I could almost resuffer the torments which had gone before, in order to be so healed again.
And we must needs say it seared Hester's bosom so deeply, that perhaps there was more truth in the rumour than our modern incredulity may be inclined to admit.
 
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