{ Sear, Sere (sēr), } a. [OE. seer, AS. seár (assumed) fr. seárian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sorēn to wither, Gr. ayein to parch, to dry, Skr. çush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. √152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. Milton.
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I have lived long enough; my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.
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Sear, n. [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See Serry.] The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
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Sear spring, the spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.
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