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PAROL PARO'LE, n. [L. parabola.] 1. Properly, a word; hence, in a legal sense, w...
PARONOMA'SIA PARONOMAS'TIC PARONOMAS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to paronomasy; consist...
PARONOM'ASY, n. [from Gr. to transgress law or rule.] A rhetorical figure, by wh...
PARONYCH'IA, n. [Gr. by, and the nail.] In surgery, a whitlow or felon.
PARON'YMOUS, a. [Gr. name.] Resembling another word.
PAR'OQUET PAROT'ID, a. [Gr. near, and ear.] Pertaining to or denoting certain gl...
PARO'TIS, n. [Gr. See Parotid.] 1. The parotid gland; a secreting salivary congl...
PAR'OXYSM, n. [Gr. to excite or sharpen; and sharp.] An exasperation or exacerba...
PAROXYS'MAL, a. Pertaining to paroxysm; as a paroxysmal disposition.
PARPHRAS'TIC'TICAL, a. Free, clear and ample in explanation; explaining or trans...
PAR'REL, n. [L. paro. It coincides with apparel, which see.] Among seamen, an ap...
PARRICI'DAL PAR'RICIDE, n. [L. paricida, from pater, father, and coedo, to kill....
PARRIDIC'IOUS, a. [See Parricide.] Pertaining to parricide; containing the crime...
PAR'RIED, pp. [See Parry .] Warded off; driven aside.
PAR'ROT, n. 1. The name of fowls of the genus Psittacus, of numerous species. Th...
PAR'RY, v.t. 1. In fencing, to ward off; to stop or to put or turn by; as, to pa...