Both Uses of
sear
in
Macbeth
- Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs.†
p. 129.1 *
- 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, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath,
Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.†p. 171.1
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.