†1.to make parch of: to lay waste, ravage. Obsolete. rare.
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a1450 (c1410) H. LovelichMerlin (1932) III. l. 16788 Gret los hit was..to the kyng of streyte march, jn hos lond they maden many a parch of kornes, of howsyng, & of oþer good; they leften non that hem withstood.