PARCH, PARCHED, PARCHING
ADJECTIVES
► ADUST scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched → 1550
► ADUSTED scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched → 1550 obs.
► BASKED parched, dry → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PARCHABLE capable of being parched → 1874
► PARCHY dried up, parched → 1746 obs.
► SCARPED dried up; parched, as the skin in fever → 1878 Eng. dial.
► SCOURY having a dried, parched appearance; wasted → 1802 Sc.
NOUNS
► ADUSTION the act of burning, scorching, heating to dryness, or parching → 1594 obs.
VERBS
► ADURE to burn completely; to scorch, to parch → c1420 obs.
► BASK to parch, to shrivel with heat → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BIRSLE to scorch, to toast, to parch; to crackle with heat → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLIZZEN to dry up and wither → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)