'Parching' definitions:
Definition of 'Parching'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev. xxiii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. [1913 Webster]
- The ground below is parched. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'parching'
From: GCIDE
- parching \parch"ing\ (p[aum]rch"[i^]ng), a. Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." --Shak. -- {Parch"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]