parch vs set a match to

parch

noun
  • The condition of being parched. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned. 

set a match to

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