'Scorcher' definitions:
Definition of 'scorcher'
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Definition of 'Scorcher'
From: GCIDE
- Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
- 1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. [1913 Webster]
- Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To burn or be burnt. [1913 Webster]
- He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.] -- {Scorch"er}, n. [Colloq.]
Definition of 'scorcher'
From: GCIDE
- scorcher \scorch"er\ a very hot day. [Informal] [PJC]