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.
To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. The ground below is parched. Dryden.
To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. "Parch in Afric sun." Shak.
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