Both Uses of
sear
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- It is easy for me to be so, for every event of that dreadful time is seared into my memory.†
Chpt 8 *
- A large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun, and marked with every evil passion, was turned from one to the other of us, while his deep-set, bile-shot eyes, and his high, thin, fleshless nose, gave him somewhat the resemblance to a fierce old bird of prey.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(sear) burn -- especially the surface with intense heat
or:
brown meat with a hot flame
or:
burn something into memory -- especially something painful