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verb

Parch v. t. (past & past part. parched; pres. part. parching)

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."

To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. "The ground below is parched."

Parch v. i. To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. "Parch in Afric sun."

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Etymology of 'Parch'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Parch" Quotes from Famous Books

... whereas the sun doth parch the green, Or where his beams do not dissolve the ice, In temperate heat where he is felt and seen, In presence pressed of people mad or wise, Set me in high, or yet in low degree, In longest night, or ...

— Tudor and Stuart Love Songs • Various

... oven were used instead of the cook stove to bake the pone or johnny cake, to parch the corn, or to fry the venison which was then obtainable in the ...

— Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail • Ezra Meeker

... breath forth cast; And there for honey bees have sought in vain, And, beat from thence, have lighted there again. About her neck hung chains of pebble-stone, Which, lighten'd by her neck, like diamonds shone. She ware no gloves; for neither sun nor wind Would burn or parch her hands, but, to her mind, Or warm or cool them, for they took delight To play upon those hands, they were so white. Buskins of shell, all silver'd, used she, And branch'd with blushing coral to the knee; ...

— Hero and Leander and Other Poems • Christopher Marlowe and George Chapman

... father hated me; My brother rather hated me than loved; My sister cowers and hates me. Holy Virgin, Plead with thy blessed Son; grant me my prayer: Give me my Philip; and we two will lead The living waters of the Faith again Back thro' their widow'd channel here, and watch The parch'd banks rolling incense, as of old, To heaven, and kindled with ...

— Queen Mary and Harold • Alfred Lord Tennyson

... the streams that most refresh us In the desert parch'd and drear, Sorrow renders love more precious, Makes ...

— Eidolon - The Course of a Soul and Other Poems • Walter R. Cassels

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