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1. Summer drouth or singèd airMilton. Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.Prior. Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.Rev. xvi. 8. The fire that scorches me to death.Dryden. Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.Mortimer. He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot.Hawthorne. Scorching Score Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used.Shak. He parted well, and paid his score.Shak. But left the trade, as many moreHudibras. You act your kindness in Cydaria's score.Dryden. Amongst three or four score hogsheads.Shak. At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores.Macaulay. |
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