■ verb
1》 become burnt or cause to become burnt on the surface or edges.
↘[often as adjective ~ed ] cause to become dried out and withered as a result of extreme heat.
2》 informal move very fast.
■ noun
1》 the burning or charring of the surface of something.
2》 Botany a form of plant necrosis marked by browning of leaf margins.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
Origin
ME: perh. related to ON skorpna 'be shrivelled'.