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1601. Shaks., Jul. C., I. iii. 18. His Hand, Not sensible of fire, remaind vnscorchd.
1612. Warner, Alb. Eng., XI. lxvii. 285. Thogh thou couldst buzze about the flame, & keepe vnskorcht thy wings.
1651. Stanley, Poems, Love Deposed, iv. We unscorchd may Like atoms play, And wanton in the sunshine of your eyes.
1816. Scott, Antiq., xviii. The moss and wild flowers were unscorched.
1843. Prescott, Mexico, II. iv. I. 247. From all these fiery trials he came out unscorched.
1856. Froude, Hist. Eng., ix. II. 345. If he threw them [sc. toads] into the fire, they hopped back to him unscorched.