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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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Dowser :: Dowser (n.) A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod..

Imperscrutable :: Imperscrutable (a.) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.

Screw :: Screw (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor..

Redsear :: Redsear (v. i.) To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.

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..

Zetetics :: Zetetics (a.) A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities.

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc..

Investigative :: Investigative (a.) Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.

Inquisitorial :: Inquisitorial (a.) Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power..

Searedness :: Searedness (n.) The state of being seared or callous; insensibility.

Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..

Expiscate :: Expiscate (v. t.) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.

Jerquer :: Jerquer (n.) A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.

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..

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..

Search :: Search (v. t.) To inquire after; to look for; to seek.

Investigate :: Investigate (v. t.) To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena..

Oversearch :: Oversearch (v. t.) To search all over.

Etymologize :: Etymologize (v. t.) To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.

Scrutation :: Scrutation (n.) Search; scrutiny.