parch

One of them said, "The Sun, now while he is single, parches up the marsh, and compels us to die miserably in our arid homes.

Fragment #1 -- Contest of Homer and Hesiod: Homer travelled about reciting his epics, first the "Thebaid", in seven thousand verses, which begins: `Sing, goddess, of parched Argos, whence lords...'

Wilderness of the Far West.- Great American Desert- Parched Seasons.

It little deserved that designation, with its dry and parched coasts.

oh, ever vernal endless landscapes in the soul; in ye, --though long parched by the dead drought of the earthy life, --in ye, men yet may roll, like young horses in new morning clover; and for some few fleeting moments, feel the cool dew of the life immortal on them.

At length he sank down in utter prostration, and his friends heard no other sound from him than the hissing of his breath between his parched and swollen lips.

"The dust in the curtains, if you will pardon me for hinting such a thing, has parched my throat to a crisp."

At first my mouth and throat were parched, and my strength ebbed sensibly.

The Grand Gallipoot was coughing too, and his throat was parched and dry.

He could hardly draw breath he was so worn out, and his mouth was parched by thirst.

As a result I awoke with mouth parched and dry, with a slight heaviness of head, and with a mild nervous palpitation in the stomach.

The air seemed quivering with rays of heat, which might be seen playing along the parched stems of the trees.