scorch
The origin and history of scorch.
Etymology
From Middle English scorchen, likely an alteration of an earlier form related to Old Norse skorpna, "to shrivel up."
The origin and history of scorch.
From Middle English scorchen, likely an alteration of an earlier form related to Old Norse skorpna, "to shrivel up."
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