Parch /(pärch)/

imp. & p. p. Parched; p. pr. & vb. n. Parching

1. 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.

2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.

   The ground below is parched.

1. To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.