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PAR'ROT, n. 1. The name of fowls of the genus Psittacus, of numerous species. Th...
PAR'RIED, pp. [See Parry .] Warded off; driven aside.
PARRIDIC'IOUS, a. [See Parricide.] Pertaining to parricide; containing the crime...
PARRICI'DAL PAR'RICIDE, n. [L. paricida, from pater, father, and coedo, to kill....
PAR'REL, n. [L. paro. It coincides with apparel, which see.] Among seamen, an ap...
PARPHRAS'TIC'TICAL, a. Free, clear and ample in explanation; explaining or trans...
PAROXYS'MAL, a. Pertaining to paroxysm; as a paroxysmal disposition.
PAR'OXYSM, n. [Gr. to excite or sharpen; and sharp.] An exasperation or exacerba...
PARO'TIS, n. [Gr. See Parotid.] 1. The parotid gland; a secreting salivary congl...
PAR'OQUET PAROT'ID, a. [Gr. near, and ear.] Pertaining to or denoting certain gl...
PARON'YMOUS, a. [Gr. name.] Resembling another word.
PARONYCH'IA, n. [Gr. by, and the nail.] In surgery, a whitlow or felon.
PARONOM'ASY, n. [from Gr. to transgress law or rule.] A rhetorical figure, by wh...
PARONOMA'SIA PARONOMAS'TIC PARONOMAS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to paronomasy; consist...
PAROL PARO'LE, n. [L. parabola.] 1. Properly, a word; hence, in a legal sense, w...
PAR'OKET, n. A small species of parrot. [More properly perroquet, which see.]