PARCHES

Verb

parches

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parch

Anagrams

• Schaper, eparchs, sarpech

Source: Wiktionary


PARCH

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



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DISPIRITEDLY

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