scorchingness (skorchingnes)

The property of scorching or burning. scorclet, scorklet, v. t. [ME.: see scorch.] To scorch; burn. Ek Nero governede alle the poeples that the vyolent wynd Nothus scorklith . Chaucer, Boëthius, ii. meter 6. scorcnet, v . t. [ME.: see scorch .] To scorch. For thatt te land wa drizzedd alle And scorrcnedd thurrh the druhhthe. Ormulum , 1. 8626. scordato (skôr-dä tō), a. [It., prop. pp. of scor dare, be out of tune: see discord.] In music, put out of tune; tuned in an unusual manner for the purpose of producing particular effects. scordatura (skôr-da-töʻrä), n. [It., The violoncello is le amenable to the scordatura than the violin. Encyc. Brit ., XXIV. 245.