v. Obs. [ad. L. adūr-ĕre to burn, scorch; f. ad to + ūr-ĕre to burn.] trans. or absol. To burn completely, to calcine; to scorch, parch.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., II. 354. And askes with, the heete apart to putte Of dounge indoon, lest it adure and lette.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physic, § 3, 22/1. Flea a little Mouse, take the intestines … adure them in a piptken.
1620. Venner, Via Recta, vi. 93. It adureth the blood.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 319. Such a degree of Heat … doth Mellow, and not Adure.
