Sear

SEAR

-verb (used with object)

1. to burn or char the surface of.

2. to mark with a branding iron.

3. to burn or scorch injuriously or painfully.

4. to make callous or unfeeling; harden.

5. to dry up or wither; parch.

-verb (used without object)

6. to become dry or withered, as vegetation.

-noun

7. a mark or scar made by searing.

-adj.

8. Also sere . dry; withered.

-noun

a pivoted piece that holds the hammer at full cock or half cock in the firing mechanism of small arms.

A remnant of hellish wishes

Flesh seared to succulence

Guilty pleasures