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
Parch, v. i.
Defn: To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
"Parch in Afric sun." Shak.
PARCHEDNESS
Parch"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being parched.
PARCHEESI
Par*chee"si, n.
Defn: See Pachisi.
PARCHESI
Par*che"si, n.
Defn: See Pachisi.