Scorch

To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.

To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.

To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.

To burn or be burnt.

a surface burn

a discoloration caused by heat