Scorch

skorch, v.t. to burn slightly: to roast highly: to affect painfully with heat: to singe: to attack with virulence.— v.i. to be burned on the surface: to be dried up: ( slang ) to ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.— ns. Scorched′-car′pet , -wing , British geometrid moths; Scorch′er , anything that scorches, a very caustic rebuke, criticism, .: one who rides a bicycle furiously on a road; Scorch′ing .— p.adj. burning superficially: bitterly sarcastic, scathing.— adv. Scorch′ingly .— n. Scorch′ingne . [O. Fr. escorcher , from Low L. excorticare —L. ex , off, cortex , corticis , bark; or prob. Scand., Norw. skrekka , to shrink.]