Pare off the surface of the earth, and with the parings raise your
hills.
Mortimer.
Par`i*pin"nate (?), a. [Pari- + pinnate.] (Bot.) Pinnate with an equal
number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.
Par"is (?), n. [From Paris, the son of Priam.] (Bot.) A plant common in
Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a
narcotic.
It much resembles the American genus Trillium, but has usually four
leaves and a tetramerous flower.
Par"is, n. The chief city of France.
Paris green. See under Green, n. -- Paris white (Chem.), purified chalk
used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white.
Par"ish (?), n. [OE. parishe, paresche, parosche, OF. paroisse,
parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L. parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia,
Gr. &?;, fr. &?; dwelling beside or near; para` beside + &?; a house,
dwelling; akin to L. vicus village. See Vicinity, and cf. Parochial.]
1. (Eccl. & Eng. Law) (a) That circuit of ground committed to the
charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls
therein. Cowell. (b) The same district, constituting a civil
jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the
poor, taxes, etc.
Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under various
parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical districts for spiritual
purposes. Mozley & W.
2. An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial
limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the
charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely,
the territory in which the members of a congregation live. [U. S.]
3. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other
States.
Par"ish, a. Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish
church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as,
parish poor. Dryden.
Parish clerk. (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish. (b) A
layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists in the service
of the Church of England. -- Parish court, in Louisiana, a court in
each parish.
Par"ish*en (?), n. A parishioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pa*rish"ion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial. [R.]
Bp. Hall.
Pa*rish"ion*er (?), n. [F. paroissien, LL. parochianus.] One who
belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
Pa*ri"sian (?), n. [Cf. F. parisen.] A native or inhabitant of Paris,
the capital of France.
Pa*ri"sian, a. Of or pertaining to Paris.
||Pa`ri`si`enne" (?), n. [F.] A female native or resident of Paris.
Par`i*sol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; almost equal, evenly balanced + -logy.]
The use of equivocal or ambiguous words. [R.]
{ Par`i*syl*lab"ic (?), Par`i*syl*lab"ic*al (?), } a. [Pari- +
syllabic, -ical: cf. F. parisyllabique.] Having the same number of
syllables in all its inflections.
Par"i*tor (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. apparitor: cf. L. paritor a servant,
attendant.] An apparitor. "Summoned by an host of paritors." Dryden.
Par"i*to*ry (?), n. Pellitory. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Par"i*ty (?), n. [L. paritas, fr. par, paris, equal: cf. F. paritÈ. See
Pair, Peer an equal.] The quality or condition of being equal or
equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence;
analogy; as, parity of reasoning. "No parity of principle." De Quincey.
Equality of length and parity of numeration.
Sir T. Browne.
Park (?), n. [AS. pearroc, or perh. rather fr. F. parc; both being of
the same origin; cf. LL. parcus, parricus, Ir. & Gael. pairc, W. park,
parwg. Cf. Paddock an inclosure, Parrock.] 1. (Eng. Law) A piece of
ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may
have by prescription, or the king's grant. Mozley & W.
2. A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a
residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the
like. Chaucer.
While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and
forget to fear.
Waller.
3. A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for
ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New
York.
4. (Mil.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and
materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital
stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects
themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.
5. A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown. [Written also
parc.]
Park of artillery. See under Artillery. -- Park phaeton, a small, low
carriage, for use in parks.
Park, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parking.] 1. To
inclose in a park, or as in a park.
How are we parked, and bounded in a pale.
Shak.
2. (Mil.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the
artillery, the wagons, etc.
Park"er (?), n. The keeper of a park. Sir M. Hale.
||Par*ke"ri*a (?), n. [NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British
||zoˆlogist.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera
||found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly
||so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.
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Parkes"ine (?), n. [So called from Mr. Parkes, the inventor.] A
compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later
from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India
rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.
Park"leaves` (?), n. (Bot.) A European species of Saint John's-wort;
the tutsan. See Tutsan.
Par"lance (?), n. [OF., fr. F. parler to speak. See Parley.]
Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance;
in common parlance.
A hate of gossip parlance and of sway.
Tennyson.
{ ||Par*lan"do (?), ||Par*lan"te (?), } a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.)
Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in
the style of a recitative.
Parle (?), v. i. [F. parler. See Parley.] To talk; to converse; to
parley. [Obs.] Shak.
Finding himself too weak, began to parle.
Milton.