parching

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parching

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From parch + -ing.

adjective more parching · most parching

Causing something or someone to parch; extremely drying. Who can unpitying see the flowery race, / Shed by the morn, their new-flush'd bloom resign, / Before the parching beam?
Very thirsty; parched. Proceed to nearest canteen and there annex liquor stores. March! Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are […] parching.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of parch

noun parchings

The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn. I have already told how we parched sunflower seed; and that I used two or three double-handfuls of seed to a parching. I used two parchings of sunflower seed for one mess of four-vegetables-mixed.
The condition of being parched; absolute dryness. Squalid youths with ghastly grin, In hollow bitter roots shall bring, Urine of the unsav'ry goat, To quell the parchings of thy throat.

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@misc{parching_2026,
  title = {parching},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parching},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}