parch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: parch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for parch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parch v cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" Synonym(s): parch, sear
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parch \Parch\, v. i. To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. [bd]Parch in Afric sun.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.