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Parching definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

P`ARCHING, ppr. Scorching; drying to extremity.
1. a. Having the quality of burning or drying; as the parching heat of African sands.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parching Parch"ing (p[aum]rch"[i^]ng), a. Scorching; burning; drying. ``Summer's parching heat.'' --Shak. -- Parch"ing*ly, adv.