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parch |
3 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]: Parch \Parch\, v. i. To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. ``Parch in Afric sun.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: parch v : cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" [syn: {scorch}, {sear}]
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