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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
parching \parch"ing\ (p[aum]rch"[i^]ng), adjective Scorching; burning; drying. ''Summer's parching heat.'' --Shak. -- {Parch"ing*ly}, adverb
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