color up vs parch

color up

verb
  • To blush (to go red). 

  • To exchange a high number of low-value chips (of one color) for a lower number of higher value (of a different color), but keeping the same overall value. 

parch

verb
  • To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned. 

  • 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 roast, as dry grain. 

  • To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. 

  • To make very thirsty. 

noun
  • The condition of being parched. 

How often have the words color up and parch occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )