Parch v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched p. pr. & vb. n. Parching.]
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.
parch·ing a. Scorching; burning; drying. “Summer's parching heat.” --Shak. -- Parch*ing*ly, adv.
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