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- verb archaic Third-person singular present simple form of
scorch
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Examples
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Wah! the flashing of the Sword scorcheth them, and they scamper. '
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Wah! the flashing of the Sword scorcheth them, and they scamper. '
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868
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Wah! the flashing of the Sword scorcheth them, and they scamper. '
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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For fire, saith [5350] Xenophon, burns them alone that stand near it, or touch it; but this fire of love burneth and scorcheth afar off, and is more hot and vehement than any material fire: [5351] Ignis in igne furit, 'tis a fire in a fire, the quintessence of fire.
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The symptoms of the mind are superfluous and continual cogitations; [2630] for when the head is heated, it scorcheth the blood, and from thence proceed melancholy fumes, which trouble the mind, Avicenna.
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The piercing heate againe, that, scorcheth with such strength,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Then king Yudhishthira addressed Dhrishtadyumna and said, 'O mighty-armed one, dispose the troops in the array called Makara that scorcheth the foe.'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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They gather it when full-grown; then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust and there remains a tender thin crust and the inside is soft, tender and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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They gather it when full-grown; then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust and there remains a tender thin crust and the inside is soft, tender and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott 1903
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He scorcheth and burneth all to ashes the bodies of the knight and the horses.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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