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parching |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parched}; p. pr & vb n. {Parching}.] [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a piercing heat or cold, OF perchier, another form of percier, F. percer. See {Pierce}.] 1. To burn the surface of to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as to parch the skin; to parch corn. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev. xxiii. 14. 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as the mouth is parched from fever. The ground below is parched. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parching \Parch"ing\ (p[aum]rch"[i^]ng), a. Scorching; burning; drying. ``Summer's parching heat.'' --Shak. -- {Parch"ing*ly}, adv
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