1. (v. t.) To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.

2. (v. t.) To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.

3. (v. t.) To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

4. (v. i.) To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.

5. (v. i.) To burn or be burnt.

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