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Definition of Parching
1. a. Scorching; burning; drying.
Definition of Parching
1. Adjective. Capable of causing something to parch. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of thirst) extreme ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of parch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parching
1. parch [v] - See also: parch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parching
Literary usage of Parching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Corn Milling by Richard Bennett, John Elton (1898)
"Two of Virgil's allusions to parching grain have already been incidentally quoted.
... The custom of parching was, indeed, as old as the mortar. ..."
2. History of Corn Milling by Richard Bennett, John Elton (1898)
"Two of Virgil's allusions to parching grain have already been incidentally quoted.
... The custom of parching was, indeed, as old as the mortar. ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... Then gracious of her mingling bade them drink: And, whilst they drank and
banish'd parching thirst, Each with the other pleasant converse held. ..."
4. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"Not that, — the palm-tree's rustling leaf Brought from a parching coral-reef !
Its breath is heated ; — I would swing The broad gray plumes, — the eagle's ..."
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