Thesaurus / parch
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It is nonsensical to parch one's throat with thirst when a kindly Mahomedan is ready to offer pure water to drink.
THIRD CLASS IN INDIAN RAILWAYSMAHATMA GANDHIThey first parch and then pound it between two stones until it is reduced to a fine meal.
HISTORIC ADVENTURESRUPERT S. HOLLANDWhat they gave me did rather parch and dry up my body, and made me probably worse than otherwise I might have been.
GEORGE FOXGEORGE FOXShe persuaded the women of the land to parch with fire the seed of the corn that their husbands sowed in the earth.
STORIES OF THE OLD WORLDALFRED JOHN CHURCHYou shall always blow in the hot, dry weather, and shall parch and shrivel all living things.
OLD DECCAN DAYSM. FREREParch this rice in the drippings, stirring constantly until a golden brown.
STEVENSON MEMORIAL COOK BOOKVARIOUSEnvy so parch'd my blood, that had I seen A fellow man made joyous, thou hadst mark'd A livid paleness overspread my cheek.
THE VISION OF PURGATORY, COMPLETEDANTE ALIGHIERIThou art parch'd, Pains rack thy head, no urging would'st thou need To make thee lap Narcissus' mirror up.
THE VISION OF HELL, COMPLETEDANTE ALIGHIERIWhen you come home to-night, White Cloud, bring some green rice to parch for supper.
TWO INDIAN CHILDREN OF LONG AGOFRANCES TAYLORWhite Cloud made haste to parch the rice, and soon a very hungry family was enjoying the fresh and abundant food.
TWO INDIAN CHILDREN OF LONG AGOFRANCES TAYLORWORDS RELATED TO PARCH
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