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Parch v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched p. pr. & vb. n. Parching.]
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.
parched
adj 1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast
desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat";
"parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare";
"sunbaked salt flats" [syn: adust, baked, scorched,
sunbaked]
2: toasted or roasted slightly; "parched corn was a staple of
the Indian diet"