Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a parching manner; so as to parch.
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- adverb So as to
parch ordry out .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I used crunchy natural peanut butter no sugar added, just peanuts and I really like the way they came out, especially the fact that they're not as mouth-parchingly salty as traditional peanut butter cookies.
This One's For the Team Brilynn 2007
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Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer.
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That only reminded them that they were also parchingly thirsty, without doing anything to relieve them: you cannot quench a terrible thirst by standing under giant oaks and waiting for a chance drip to fall on your tongue.
The Hobbit Tolkien, J. R. R. 1938
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Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer.
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