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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.

The state of being parched.

See Pachisi.

See Pachisi.

Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." Shak. -- Parch"ing*ly, adv.

eep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. But here's a parchment with the seal of Cæsar. Shak.

To convert to a parchmentlike substance, esp. by sulphuric acid.

ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.

A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice. [U. S. & Eng.]

Government by a pope; papal rule.

The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy. The prince and toparch of that country. Fuller.

A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. Fuller.

Dried up; withered by heat. [Obs.] "My tongue . . . unparched." Crashaw.

of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp. Bull.

Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." Thomson.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.

A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. "Inky blots and rotten parchment bonds." Shak.