parch Copy link Outline I. To burn the surface of anything; to scorch1. frīgo, xi, ctum, 32. torreo, 2II. To dry up to extremity1. torreo, rrui, stum, 22. ūro, ussi, stum, 33. ārĕfăcio, 3 (v. rare) • parch: I. To burn the surface of anything; to scorch: 1. frīgo, xi, ctum, 3: to dry and p. barley, hordeum siccare ac f., Plin. 18, 7, 14: p.'d wheat, triticum frictum, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, fin. 2. torreo, 2: v. to roast. II. To dry up to extremity: 1. torreo, rrui, stum, 2: to be p.'d (or scorched) by the heat of the sun, solis ardore torreri, Cic. Rep. 6, 20: cf. arenti torrere arva siti, Tib. 1, 4, 42. Of the action of fever: Juv. 9, 17. 2. ūro, ussi, stum, 3: to be either stiffened with cold or p.'d with heat, aut frigore rigere aut calore uri, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: Ov.: a crop of flax p.'s the soil, u. campum lini seges, Virg. G. 1, 77. 3. ārĕfăcio, 3 (v. rare): v. to dry. See also foll. art.