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Webster 1913 Edition

Parch

Parch

(pärch)
,
Verb.
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.

Parch

,
Verb.
I.
To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
“Parch in Afric sun.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parch

P`ARCH

,
Verb.
T.
[I know not from what source we have received this word. It corresponds in elements with the Italian bruciare, to burn or roast. Qu. L. peraresco.]
1.
To burn the surface of a thing; to scorch; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
2.
To dry to extremity; as, the heat of the sun's rays parches the ground; the mouth is parched with thirst.

P`ARCH

,
Verb.
I.
To be scorched or superficially burnt; as, corn will dry and parch into barley.
1.
To become very dry.

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