Definition of sear

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Sear (a.) To wither; to dry up.

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Hunt :: Hunt (v. i.) To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
Turnstone :: Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake..
Cruise :: Cruise (v. i.) To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure..
Philosophize :: Philosophize (v. i.) To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence..
Sea King :: Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence..
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..
Searcloth :: Searcloth (v. t.) To cover, as a sore, with cerecloth..
Seek :: Seek (v. t.) To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
Rummage :: Rummage (v. i.) To search a place narrowly.
Screw :: Screw (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor..
Forage :: Forage (n.) The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc..
Inquisitive :: Inquisitive (a.) Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious..
Explore :: Explore (v. t.) To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
Searching :: Searching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Searc.
Sere :: Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. ay`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves..
Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up..
Streamful :: Streamer (n.) A searcher for stream tin.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West..
Searedness :: Searedness (n.) The state of being seared or callous; insensibility.
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