Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
Par"ci*ty (?), n. [L. parcitas, fr. parcus sparing.] Sparingless.
[Obs.]
Par"close (?), n. [OF. See Perclose.] (Eccl. Arch.) A screen separating
a chapel from the body of the church. [Written also paraclose and
perclose.] Hook.
Pard (p‰rd), n. [L. pardus, Gr. pa`rdos; cf. Skr. pdku tiger, panther.]
(Zoˆl.) A leopard; a panther.
And more pinch-spotted make them Than pard or cat o'mountain.
Shak.
Par"dale (p‰r"dl), n. [L. pardalis, Gr. pa`rdalis. Cf. Pard.] (Zoˆl.) A
leopard. [Obs.] Spenser.
{ Par*de" (?), Par*die" (?) }, adv. or interj. [F. pardi, for par Dieu
by God.] Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.
[Written also pardee, pardieux, perdie, etc.] [Obs.]
He was, parde, an old fellow of yours.
Chaucer.
Par"dine (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Spotted like a pard.
Pardine lynx (Zoˆl.), a species of lynx (Felis pardina) inhabiting
Southern Europe. Its color is rufous, spotted with black.
Par"do (?), n. [Pg. pardao, fr. Skr. pratpa splendor, majesty.] A money
of account in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d. sterling. or 60
cts.
Par"don (?), n. [F., fr. pardonner to pardon. See Pardon, v. t.] 1. The
act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense;
release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
Pardon, my lord, for me and for my tidings.
Shak.
But infinite in pardon was my judge.
Milton.
Used in expressing courteous denial or contradiction; as, I crave your
pardon; or in indicating that one has not understood another; as, I beg
pardon.