Both Uses of
sear
in
Macbeth
- Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo. Down!
Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs.p. 129.1 *sear = scorch or burn
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- I have lived long enough. My way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf,
And that which should accompany old age,
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have; but, in their stead,
Curses,p. 171.1 *sear = condition of being withered
Definitions:
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(1)
(sear as in: searing the meat) to scorch or burn the surface of something; or to be very hot
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(2)
(sear as in: a searing pain or memory) intense (figuratively to burn into the mind)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, sear can mean dry or refer to part of a gun.