Also 5 scin-. [f. prec.] trans. To burn to a cinder, reduce to cinders. Also fig. Hence Cindered, Cindering ppl. adjs.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, II. xii. This citie Shulde into scindred asshes tourned be.
1557. North, trans. Gueuara’s Diall Pr., 86 b. His graued ghost and cindred moulde.
c. 1575. Gascoigne, Fruites Warre, xvi. Where sword and cindring flame Consume.
1628. Feltham, Resolves, I. xxxvi. (R.). Untold griefs choak, cynder the heart.
1846. Prowett, Æschylus’ Prometh. Bound, 18. His brawny force All thunder-scathed and cindered.
1869. E. Garrett, Crust & Cake, xxxvi. (1871), 447. Burnt up … like a cindered bannock.
