Word Meanings - PARCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. Lev. xxiii. 14. 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched

Additional info about word: PARCH

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. Lev. xxiii. 14. 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. The ground below is parched. Dryden.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PARCH)

• Dry Drain
• parch

Related words: (words related to PARCH)

• DRAINE
  The missel thrush.
• PARCHING
  Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." Shak. -- Parch"ing*ly, adv.
• PARCH
  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. Lev. xxiii. 14. 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched
• PARCHMENTIZE
  To convert to a parchmentlike substance, esp. by sulphuric acid.
• PARCHEESI
  See PACHISI
• PARCHEDNESS
  The state of being parched.
• PARCHESI
  See PACHISI
• DRAINTRAP
  See 5
• DRAINPIPE
  A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.
• PARCHMENT
  pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where 1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. But here's a
• DRAINTILE
  A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
• DRAINAGE
  The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works. 4. Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. Latham. (more info) 1. A draining; a gradual
• DRAINABLE
  Capable of being drained.
• DRAIN
  1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of. Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent. Bacon. But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
• DRAINING
  The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. Draining tile. Same as Draintile.
• DRAINER
  One who, or that which, drains.
• TOPARCH
  The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy. The prince and toparch of that country. Fuller.
• WATER DRAIN
  A drain or channel for draining off water.
• EPARCH
  In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
• EPARCHY
  A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
• TOP-DRAINING
  The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
• TOP-DRAIN
  To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.
• WELLDRAIN
  To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.
• CATCHDRAIN
  A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
• TOPARCHY
  A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. Fuller.
• UNDERDRAIN
  An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
• PACHISI; PARCHESI; PARCHISI; PARCHEESI
  A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice.
• PACHISI; PARCHESI
  A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
• UNPARCHED
  Dried up; withered by heat. "My tongue . . . unparched." Crashaw.
• TILE-DRAIN
  To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.