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▪ I. parching, vbl. n.|ˈpɑːtʃɪŋ|
[f. parch v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb parch.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxxxi. (Bodl. MS.) lf. 223/2 Somme peper..is blacke and ryuely wiþ perchinge and rostinge of hete of the fire. 1573–80Baret Alv. P 98 A burning, or parching, ambustio. 1760tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (1772) I. 288 They have several methods of preparing the maize; one is by parching. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 11 A severe cold in the chest, with deep-seated rawness, soreness and parching.
▪ II. ˈparching, ppl. a.
[f. parch v. + -ing2.]
That parches; drying to excess; scorching.
1565Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Acer, Sol acer, parchyng hoate. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, i. ii. 77 Whilest I..to Sunnes parching heat display'd my cheekes. 1707–12Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 206 Having of water at hand..especially in dry parching Times. 1827Lytton Pelham xxi, Then will this parching thirst be quenched at last.
b. Becoming excessively dry and hot.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 844 The slow creeping Evil..Consumes the parching Limbs. 1819Keats Ode Grecian Urn iii, A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
Hence ˈparchingly adv., ˈparchingness.
1847Webster, Parchingly, scorchingly. 1727Bailey vol. II, Parchingness, burning &c. Quality. |