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parching
English
Adjective
parching (comparative more parching, superlative most parching)
- Capable of causing something to parch.
- (of thirst) Extreme.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
Verb
parching
- present participle of parch
Noun
parching (plural parchings)
- The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn.
- 1917, Studies in the Social Sciences (issue 9, page 20)
- 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.
- 1917, Studies in the Social Sciences (issue 9, page 20)
- The condition of being parched; absolute dryness.
- 1797, Icelandic Poetry: Or The Edda of Sæmund (page 95)
- Squalid youths with ghastly grin,
In hollow bitter roots shall bring,
Urine of the unsav'ry goat,
To quell the parchings of thy throat.
- Squalid youths with ghastly grin,
- 1797, Icelandic Poetry: Or The Edda of Sæmund (page 95)
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arching
English
Verb
arching
- present participle of arch
Noun
arching (plural archings)
- The arched part of a structure.
Adjective
arching (not comparable)
- (nautical) hogging, as opposed to sagging
Anagrams
- Charing, chagrin, chargin', charing
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