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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.

In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.

The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.

A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.

Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court. With silver paved, and all divine with gold. Dryden. To pave thy realm, a…

is paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks. The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. Milton. Pavement teeth (Zoöl.), flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the s…

One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.

To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. Pedal curve or surface (Geom.), the curve or surface which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars let fall from a fixed point upon the straight lines tangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a given surface. -- Pedal note (Mus.), the note which is held or…

Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.

A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.

The under surface of the foot.

Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- Pel"tate*ly, adv.

A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.

The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called med…

rument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of. Bacon.

ibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.

rane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.

The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.