Definition of sear

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Sear (n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

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Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party..
Searcher :: Searcher (n.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc..
Searcher :: Searcher (n.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities..
Urinator :: Urinator (n.) One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver..
Wader :: Wader (n.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves..
Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag..
Prier :: Prier (n.) One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or is inquisitive..
Espy :: Espy (v. i.) To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
Look :: Look (v. t.) To seek; to search for.
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc..
Streamless :: Streaming (n.) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin..
Sear :: Sear (a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively..
Philosophy :: Philosophy (n.) Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws..
Search :: Search (v. t.) To examine; to try; to put to the test.
Grope :: Grope (v. i.) To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see..
Water Ouzel :: Water ouzel () Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food..
Perquisition :: Perquisition (n.) A thorough inquiry of search.
Tumble :: Tumble (v. t.) To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers..
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