All 4 Uses of
parched
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- In the surrounding plain, which more resembled a dusty lake than solid ground, were scattered a few miserable stalks of wheat, the effect, no doubt, of a curious desire on the part of the agriculturists of the country to see whether such a thing as the raising of grain in those parched regions was practicable.†
Chpt 25-26
- The abbe rose from his chair, made two turns round the chamber, and pressed his trembling hand against his parched throat.†
Chpt 27-28 *
- She prepared the iced water which he was in the habit of constantly drinking,—for since his sojourn at the kiosk he had been parched by the most violent fever,—after which she anointed his white beard with perfumed oil, and lighted his chibouque, which he sometimes smoked for hours together, quietly watching the wreaths of vapor that ascended in spiral clouds and gradually melted away in the surrounding atmosphere.†
Chpt 77-78
- And for the second time Haidee stopped, overcome by such violent emotion that the perspiration stood upon her pale brow, and her stifled voice seemed hardly able to find utterance, so parched and dry were her throat and lips.†
Chpt 77-78
Definition:
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(parched) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty