WordNet Dictionary- [adv] capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot"
- [adj] hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat"
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Scorch"ing\, a.
Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. --
{Scorch"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Scorch"ing*ness}, n.