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.
