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.-to affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.-to burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.-to be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.-to burn or be burnt.