Lexic.us

Definition of Scorching

1. Adverb. Capable of causing burns. "It was scorching hot"

2. Adjective. Hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface. "Scorching heat"

Definition of Scorching

1. a. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.

Definition of Scorching

1. Adjective. Very hot. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of scorch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scorching

1. scorch [v] - See also: scorch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorching

Literary usage of Scorching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"... being a Defence against the Scorching Effect of the Sun's Rays. ... the circumstance of his having suffered severely from the scorching sun of the ..."

2. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"There is no adaptation in the emission of fiery rays from the sun, and scorching men with their heat, to symbolize the destruction of armies by artillery. ..."

3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... pass Mud Island—Jefferson dissents—Extracts from the two Papers—Was Jefferson's scorching Reply merited—Difficulties of his Position—His Private Opinion ..."

4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... omnia vincit amor, &c. No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread. The scorching beams under ..."

5. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"The name bark-scorching* denotes a well-known malady of trees, which generally occurs on the western or south-western Fig. 243.—Transverse section of a ..."

6. Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes by Thomas Loraine McKenney (1827)
"... country—even though the etherial fire shall have gone as nigh scorching you as it has me—provided, however, that you should have escaped as I have. ..."

7. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"The scorching beams under the equinoctial, or extremity of cold within the circle arctic, where the very seas are frozen, cold or torrid zone, cannot avoid ..."

8. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain India Office (1908)
"... the rains set in about the middle of June, the sun is very powerful, and there is by day severe heat, but without the scorching winds of Northern India. ..."

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