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a.
Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
imp. & p. p.
of Parch
n.
A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
n.
A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.
v. t.
To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
v. t.
To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.
n.
Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
v. t.
To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
n.
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
a.
[OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
v.
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
v. t.
To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired.
a.
Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Parch
n.
The state of being parched.
n.
The quality or state of being torrid or parched.
n.
A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
n.
A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.
n.
To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
n.
Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- called also yokeage.
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