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  1. parches: Merriam-Webster
  2. parches: Collins English Dictionary
  3. parches: Vocabulary.com
  4. parches: Wordnik
  5. parches: Wiktionary
  6. parches: Dictionary.com
  7. parches: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. parches: Legal dictionary

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  1. parches: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parch)

verb:  (transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.
verb:  (transitive) To roast, as dry grain.
verb:  (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To make very thirsty.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
verb:  (intransitive) To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned.
noun:  The condition of being parched.
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