Par`a*thet"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to parathesis.
||Pa`ra`ton`nerre" (?), n. [F., fr. parer to parry + tonnerre
||thunderbolt.] A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod.
Par*aun"ter (?), adv. [Par + aunter.] Peradventure. See Paraventure.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
||Pa*rauque" (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging
||from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and
||goatsucker.
Par`a*vail" (?), a. [OF. par aval below; par through (L. per) + aval
down; a- (L. ad) + val (L. vallis) a valley. Cf. Paramount.] (Eng.
Law) At the bottom; lowest. Cowell.
In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or
he who is immediate tenant to one who holds over of another. Wharton.
{ Par"a*vant` (?), Par"a*vant` (?), } adv. [OF. par avant. See Par, and
lst Avaunt.]