Scorch"er
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your
seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.
--Mortimer.
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2. To burn or be burnt.
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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.
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3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; --
applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
-- {Scorch"er}, n. [Colloq.]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "scorcher":
Jehu, broiler, flier, goer, hell-driver, horse racer, hot day,
hummer, hustler, jockey, racer, roaster, runner, sizzler,
speed demon, speeder, stepper, summer day, turfman
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