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parchings

parchings is the plural of parching.

Meaning of parching

Noun

parching (plural parchings)

  1. The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn.
    • 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, number 9, page 20
  2. The condition of being parched; absolute dryness.
    • Squalid youths with ghastly grin,
      In hollow bitter roots shall bring,
      Urine of the unsav'ry goat,
      To quell the parchings of thy throat.1797, Icelandic Poetry: Or The Edda of Sæmund, page 95

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Questions about parchings

What is parchings the plural of?
Parchings is the plural of parching.

Words near parchings in the dictionary

  1. parchers
  2. parches
  3. parchesi
  4. parching
  5. parchingly
  6. parchings
  7. parchisi
  8. Parchman
  9. Parchmans
  10. parchment
  11. parchment paper

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