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Parching (gcide) | 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.
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Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev.
xxiii. 14.
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2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth
is parched from fever.
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The ground below is parched. --Dryden.
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parching (gcide) | 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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Parching (gcide) | 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.
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Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev.
xxiii. 14.
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2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth
is parched from fever.
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The ground below is parched. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]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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Parchingly (gcide) | 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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