The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy.
Bacon.
Par`e*gor"ic (?), a. [L. paregoricus, Gr. &?;, from &?; addressing,
encouraging, soothing; para` beside + &?; an assembly: cf. F.
parÈgorique. See Allegory.] Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as,
paregoric elixir.
Par`e*gor"ic, n. (Med.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne;
specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric
elexir.
Pa*rel"con (?), n. [Gr. &?; to draw aside, to be redundant; para`
beside + &?; to draw.] (Gram.) The addition of a syllable or particle
to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.
Par`e*lec`tro*nom"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or relating to
parelectronomy; as, the parelectronomic part of a muscle.
Par*e`lec*tron"o*my (?), n. [Pref. para- + electro- + Gr. &?; law.]
(Physiol.) A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe
cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.
{ ||Pa*rel"la (?), ||Pa`relle (?), } n. [Cf. F. parelle.] (Bot.) (a) A
name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum). (b)
A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the
preparation of litmus.
||Pa*rem"bo*le (&?;), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; an insertion beside. See
||Para-, and Embolus.] (Rhet.) A kind of parenthesis.
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