Charred

ppl. a. [f. CHAR v.² + -ED¹.] Burnt to carbon, burnt black; also fig.

1794.  J. Hutton, Philos. Light, etc. 304. Charred sawdust.

1865.  Lubbock, Preh. Times, vi. (1869), 178. Burning the wood and then scraping away the charred portion.

1879.  Farrar, St. Paul (1883), 592. A heart … charred with self-indulgence.