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Webster 1913 Edition
Scorching
Scorch′ing
,Adj.
1.
Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
– Scorch′ing-ly
, adv.
Scorch′ing-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scorching
SCORCH'ING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
scorching
scorching
English
Adjective
scorching (comparative more scorching, superlative most scorching)
- Very hot.
- It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.
Verb
scorching
- present participle of scorch
Noun
scorching (plural scorchings)
- The act or result of something being scorched.
- 1839, The Lancet (volume 2, page 682)
- There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders […]
- 1997, Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills (page 76)
- Green wood hardens after about four or five scorchings in the fire, but several scorchings are required to drive out the sap.
- 1839, The Lancet (volume 2, page 682)