scorkle

Verb

 * 1) to scorch, to burn
 * 2) * Chaucer, Boece
 * And ek this nero gouernyd by ceptre alle the poeples þat ben vndyr the colde sterres that hyhten vii tyryones / this to seyn he gouernede alle the poeples þat ben vndyr the party of the north / and ek nero gouernede alle þe poeples þat the vyolent wynd nothus scorklith