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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1640
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(Son(e)-scorched,) Sun-scorch'd, ppl. adj. [Son(e n.1 and scorched, p.p. of Eng. scorch v. Cf. 18th c. Eng. sun-scorched (of fruit-trees), and e.m.E. sunschorching (1633).] Made extremely hot by the rays of the sun. — 1640 Lithgow Poet. Remains 194.
The morne is cooler, than the sun-scorch'd day
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