parch, sear
(verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; “The sun parched the earth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
parch (third-person singular simple present parches, present participle parching, simple past and past participle parched)
(transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.
(transitive) To roast, as dry grain.
(transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
(transitive, colloquial) To make thirsty.
(transitive, archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
(intransitive) To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
parch (plural parches)
The condition of being parched.
Source: Wiktionary
Parch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched; p. pr. & vb. n. Parching.] Etym: [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.
Parch, v. i.
Definition: To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. "Parch in Afric sun." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
