Meaning of Parching | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn.
2. The condition of being parched; absolute dryness.

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Examples

“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.”

“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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