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parching

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parch  (pärch)
v. parched, parch·ing, parch·es
v.tr.
1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. See Synonyms at burn1.
2. To make thirsty.
3. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.
v.intr.
1. To become very dry. See Synonyms at dry.
2. To become thirsty.
[Middle English parchen.]


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Heaven seems to have made this place on purpose for the repose of weary travellers, who here exchange the tortures of parching thirst, burning sands, and a sultry climate, for the pleasures of shady trees, the refreshment of a clear stream, and the luxury of a cooling breeze.
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They were then occupying the center of a rocky plain, which the sun scorched with its parching rays.
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And the captain gasped out his last under the palm trees of the isle unnamable while the brown maidens wept about him and fanned the air to his parching lungs.
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