searchable (serchabl)

[ Yet shalt thou feel, with horror To thy sear'd conscience, my truth is built On such a firm base that, if e'er it can Be forc'd or under min'd by thy base scandals, Heaven keeps no guard on innocence. Fletcher (and Mas singer ?), Lovers' Progre , iii. 6. But so inconsistent is human nature that there are tender spots even in seared consciences. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 4. To blight or blast; shrivel up. For calumny will sear Virtue itself. Shak ., W. T., ii. 1. 73. To sear up, to close by searing or cauterizing; stop. How, how! another? You gentle gods, give me but this 1 have, And sear up my embracements from a next With bonds of death! Shak . , Cymbeline, i. 1. 116. Cherish veins of good humour, and sear up those of ill. Sir W. Temple. =Syn. 1 and 2. Singe , etc. See scorch.