▪ I. sparch, v.1 rare.
[Related to parch v.]
trans. and intr. To scorch.
| 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII, c. 1 §6 Every Coriar shall well and sufficiently corie & blacke the said Lether tanned..& not craftely to bourne ne sparche the said Lether. 1894 Hall Caine Manxman iii. ix. 156 While the oatcake crackled and sparched and went black. |
▪ II. sparch, v.2
variant of sparge v.
| 1894 Hall Caine Manxman v. iii. 287 The net boiler sparched drops of hot water at intervals. |
▪ III. sparch
(to parget): see sparget v.