parchern.
/ˈpɑːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈpɑrtʃər/ A person who or thing which parches food, etc.
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1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 26 That proud commaunding, and swift-shooting Archer..which..more then Phœbus, is an inward parcher.
1857 Debow's Rev. Sept. 292 In all Cairo, in Egypt, there was said to be but one good coffee parcher. The berries should be roasted until they become of a uniform brown chesnut color.
1886 J. Todhunter Helena in Troas 32 Fosterer with warmth, parcher with furious heat.
1936 W. H. Wiser Hindu Jajmani Syst. 61 The barber, grain parcher, potter, and washerman exchange services.
1979 Hesperia 48 114 9.75 kilograms of cooking ware were recovered, including one trefoil jug, casseroles, chytras, bean parcher and griddle fragments.
2000 R. Hosking At Japanese Table Pl. 7 (caption) Chahoji (tea parcher).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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