Definition of sear

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Sear (a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively..

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Prospect :: Prospect (v. i.) To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold..
Far :: Far (adv.) To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity..
Buscon :: Buscon (n.) One who searches for ores; a prospector.
Groper :: Groper (n.) One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling..
Search :: Search (v. t.) To examine; to try; to put to the test.
Inquisitive :: Inquisitive (n.) A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.
Inscrutable :: Inscrutable (a.) Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event..
Urinator :: Urinator (n.) One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver..
Research :: Research (v. t.) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
Streamless :: Streaming (n.) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin..
Researchful :: Researchful (a.) Making researches; inquisitive.
Inquest :: Inquest (n.) Inquiry; quest; search.
Scrat :: Scrat (v. i.) To rake; to search.
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..
Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To sear, as the conscience..
Searchableness :: Searchableness (n.) Quality of being searchable.
Searcher :: Searcher (n.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities..
Science :: Science (n.) Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge..
Tent :: Tent (v. t.) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively..
Exquire :: Exquire (v. t.) To search into or out.
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