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.
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- 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.