Par"ent*less (?), a. Deprived of parents.
Par*ep`i*did"y*mis (?), n. [NL. See Para-, and Epididymis.] (Anat.) A
small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis
in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the
anterior part of the Wolffian body.
Par"er (?), n. [From Pare, v. t.] One who, or that which, pares; an
instrument for paring.
||Pa*rer"gon (?), n. [L.] See Parergy.
Par"er*gy (?), n. [L. parergon, Gr. &?;; para` beside + &?; work.]
Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
||Par"e*sis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to let go; &?; from +
||&?; to send.] (Med.) Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not
||sensation.
Par*eth"moid (?), a. [Pref. para- + ethmoid.] (Anat.) Near or beside
the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones
in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some
higher animals. -- n. A parethmoid bone.
Pa*ret"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.
Par*fay" (?), interj. [Par + fay.] By my faith; verily. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Par"fit (?), a. Perfect. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Par"fit*ly, adv. Perfectly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Par*forn" (?), Par*fourn" (?) }, v. t. To perform. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Piers Plowman.
Par"gas*ite (?), n. [So called from Pargas, in Finland.] (Min.) A dark
green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.
Parge"board` (?), n. See Bargeboard.
Par"get (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pargeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pargeting.]
[OE. pargeten, also spargeten, sparchen; of uncertain origin.] 1. To
coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as,
to parget the outside of their houses. Sir T. Herbert.
The pargeted ceiling with pendants.
R. L. Stevenson.