braise vs parch

braise

verb
  • To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling. 

noun
  • A sauce used for braising. 

  • A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising. 

  • Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream) 

parch

verb
  • To roast, as dry grain. 

  • To burn the surface of, to scorch. 

  • We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler? 

  • The patient's mouth is parched from fever. 

  • To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. 

  • To make very thirsty. 

  • To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned. 

noun
  • The condition of being parched. 

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