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parement (pârm�nt), n. See . [Obs.]
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paremptosis (părĕmptōsĭs), n. [NL., from Gr. paremptwsis a coming in beside; para beside + 'empiptein to fall in.] Same as .
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parenchyma (pȧrĕṉkĭmȧ), n. [NL., from Gr. paregchyma, fr. paregchei^n to pour in beside; para beside + 'en in + chei^n to pour: cf. F. parenchyme.] (Biol.) The soft cellular substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, the soft tissue of glands, and the like.
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parenchymal (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.
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{ Parenchymatous (?), Parenchymous (?), } a. [Cf. F. parenchymateux.] Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration.
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Parenesis (?), n. [L. paraenesis, Gr. parainesis, fr. parainei^n to advise.] Exhortation. [R.]
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{ Parenetic (?), Parenetical (?), } a. [Gr. parainetikos: cf. F. parénétique.] Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive. [R.] F. Potter.
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parent (pâr�nt or pār�nt; 277), n. [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. .] 1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1.
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2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
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Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. Channing.
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Coloq. Parent cell . (Biol.) See Mother cell, under , also . -- Coloq. Parent nucleus (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei. See , and Cell division, under .
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Parentage (pâr�nt�j; 277), n. [Cf. F. parentage relationship.] Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. “Wilt thou deny thy parentage?” Shak.
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Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton.
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Parental (?), a. [L. parentalis.] 1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations; parental affection.
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2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
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The careful course and parental provision of nature. Sir T. Browne.
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Parentally, adv. In a parental manner.
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Parentation (?), n. [L. parentatio, fr. parentare to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents. See .] Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.
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Parentele (?), n. [F. parentèle, L. parentela.] Kinship; parentage. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Parenthesis (pȧrĕnth�sĭs), n.; pl. Parentheses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. parenqesis, fr. parentiqenai to put in beside, insert; para beside + 'en in + tiqenai to put, place. See , , 2, and .]
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1. A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes. “Seldom mentioned without a derogatory parenthesis.” Sir T. Browne.
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Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you away into a long parenthesis. Watts.
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2. (Print.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.
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☞ Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign; but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by commas are logically parenthetical. In def. 1, the phrase “by way of comment or explanation” is inserted for explanation, and the sentence would be grammatically complete without it. The present tendency is to avoid using the distinctive marks, except when confusion would arise from a less conspicuous separation.
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Parenthesize (pȧrĕnth�sīz), v. t. To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks. Lowell.
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{ parenthetic (părĕnthĕtĭk), parenthetical (părĕnthĕtĭk�l), } a. [Cf. Gr. parenqetos.] 1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark; a parenthetical style. [wns=1]
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A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales.
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2. Using or containing parentheses.
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3. Added within parentheses to amplify or explain; as, parenthetical remarks. [wns=2]
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Parenthetically, adv. In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.
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Parenthood (?), n. The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.
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Parenticide (?), n. [L. parenticida a parricide; parens parent + caedere to kill.]
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1. The act of one who kills one's own parent. [R.]
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2. One who kills one's own parent; a parricide. [R.]
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Parentless (?), a. Deprived of parents.
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Parepididymis (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (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.
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Parer (?), n. [From , v. t.] One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.
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Parergon (?), n. [L.] See .
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Parergy (?), n. [L. parergon, Gr. �; para beside + � work.] Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Paresis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. paresis, fr. parienai to let go; para from + ienai to send.] (Med.) Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation.
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Parethmoid (?), 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.
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Paretic (?), a. Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.
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Parfay (?), interj. [Par + fay.] By my faith; verily. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Parfit (?), a. Perfect. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Parfitly, adv. Perfectly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Parfleche (?), n. [Prob. through Canadian F. fr. Amer. Indian.] A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried.
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Parfocal (?), a. [Pari- + focal.] (Opt.) With the lower focal points all in the same plane; -- said of sets of eyepieces so mounted that they may be interchanged without varying the focus of the instrument (as a microscope or telescope) with which they are used. “the convenience of a microscope with parfocal objective lenses”
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{ Parforn (?), Parfourn (?) }, v. t. To perform. [Obs.] Chaucer. Piers Plowman.
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Pargasite (?), n. [So called from Pargas, in Finland.] (Min.) A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.
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Pargeboard (?), n. See .
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Parget (?), 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.
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The pargeted ceiling with pendants. R. L. Stevenson.
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2. To paint; to cover over. [Obs.]
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Parget, v. i. 1. To lay on plaster.
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2. To paint, as the face. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Parget, n. 1. Gypsum or plaster stone.
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2. Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. Knight.
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3. Paint, especially for the face. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Pargeter (?), n. A plasterer. Johnson.
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Pargeting, n. [Written also pargetting.] Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) (In modern architecture), the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.
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Pargetory (?), n. Something made of, or covered with, parget, or plaster. [Obs.] Milton.
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Parhelic (?), a. Of or pertaining to parhelia.
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Parhelion (?), n.; pl. Parhelia (#). [L. parelion, Gr. �, �; para beside + � the sun.] A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. .
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Parhelium (?), n. See .
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Pari- (?). [L. par, paris, equal.] A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate.
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Pariah (?), n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.]
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1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindus as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See . Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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2. An outcast; one despised by society.
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Coloq. Pariah dog (Zoöl.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities. -- Coloq. Pariah kite (Zoöl.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India.
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Parial (?), n. See Pair royal, under , n.
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Parian (?), a. [L. Parius.] Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the Ægean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble.
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Coloq. Parian chronicle , a most ancient chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on marble in the Isle of Paros, now among the Arundelian marbles.
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Parian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Paros.
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2. A ceramic ware, resembling unglazed porcelain biscuit, of which are made statuettes, ornaments, etc.
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Paridigitata (?), n. pl. [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Paridigitate (?), a. (Anat.) Having an even number of digits on the hands or the feet. Owen.
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Paries (?), n.; pl. Parietes (#). [See .] (Zoöl.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.
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Parietal (?), a. [L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal. Cf. , .]
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1. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
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2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
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At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. B. H. Hall (1856).
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3. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the parietes. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
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4. (Bot.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
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Parietal, n. 1. (Anat.) One of the parietal bones.
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2. (Zoöl.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
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Parietary (?), a. See , 2.
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Parietary, n. [L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal. Cf. , .] (Bot.) Any one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st .
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Parietes (?), n. pl. [L. paries a wall.]
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1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
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2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
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Parietic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.
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Parietine (?), n. [L. parietinus parietal: cf. parietinae ruined walls.] A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin. [Obs.] Burton.
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Parieto- (�). (Anat.) A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.
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Parigenin (?), n. [Parillin + -gen + -in.] (Chem.) A curdy white substance, obtained by the decomposition of parillin.
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Parillin (?), n. [Shortened fr. sarsaparillin.] (Chem.) A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.
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parimutuel (părĭmūch�ŭl), n. A form of betting where winners share the total amount wagered, in proporation to their bets, and less a portion for the management; -- used commonly in betting at horse racing track. In parimutuel betting, the payoff for a bet does not have fixed odds, but depends on the amount bet on each outcome.
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Paring (?), n. [From , v. t.] 1. The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
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2. That which is pared off. Pope.
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Pare off the surface of the earth, and with the parings raise your hills. Mortimer.
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parings n. pl. [Plural of {2}.] Parts that are pared or cut off.
Syn. -- paring.
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Paripinnate (?), a. [Pari- + pinnate.] (Bot.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.
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Paris (?), 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.
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☞ It much resembles the American genus Trillium, but has usually four leaves and a tetramerous flower.
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Paris, n. The chief city of France.
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Coloq. Paris green . See under , n. -- Coloq. Paris white (Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white.
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parish (părĭsh), n. [OE. parishe, paresche, parosche, OF. paroisse, parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L. parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, Gr. paroikia, fr. paroikos dwelling beside or near; para beside + o'i^kos a house, dwelling; akin to L. vicus village. See , and cf. .]
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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.
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☞ Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under various parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical districts for spiritual purposes. Mozley & W.
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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.]
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3. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
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Parish, 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.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Parish court , in Louisiana, a court in each parish.
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Parishen (?), n. A parishioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Parishional (?), a. Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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Parishioner (?), n. [F. paroissien, LL. parochianus.] One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
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Parisian (?), n. [Cf. F. parisen.] A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.
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Parisian, a. Of or pertaining to Paris.
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Parisienne (?), n. [F.] A female native or resident of Paris.
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Parisology (?), n. [Gr. � almost equal, evenly balanced + -logy.] The use of equivocal or ambiguous words. [R.]
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parison (?), n. (Glassworking) An intermediate stage or shape of a glass object which is produced in more than one stage.
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{ Parisyllabic (?), Parisyllabical (?), } a. [Pari- + syllabic, -ical: cf. F. parisyllabique.] Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
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Paritor (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. apparitor: cf. L. paritor a servant, attendant.] An apparitor. “Summoned by an host of paritors.” Dryden.
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Paritory (?), n. Pellitory. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Parity (?), n. [L. paritas, fr. par, paris, equal: cf. F. parité. See , an equal.] 1. The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; a like state or degree; equality; equivalence; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning. “No parity of principle.” De Quincey.
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Equality of length and parity of numeration. Sir T. Browne.
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2. Specifically: (Finance) Equivalence in value to the currency of another country.
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3. (Physics) A property assigned to elementary particles, conceptualized as a form of symmetry, representing the fact that no fundamental distinctions can be observed between right-handed and left-handed systems of particles in their interactions, and supported by the typical observation that the total parity of a system is unchanged as particles are created or annihilated; however, certain interactions involving the weak force have been shown to violate the principle of conservation of parity.
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4. (Physics) A property of the wave function of a system, which takes the value of +1 or -1, indicating whether the value of the wave function changes sign if each of the variables of the system is replaced by its negative.
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5. (Med.) The condition of having borne a child or children, alive or dead.
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6. (Math.) The property of being even or odd; as, 3 has odd parity, but 6 has even parity.
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7. Hence: (Computers) The property of having an even or odd number of bits set to the value of 1 (as opposed to 0); -- applied to bytes or larger groups of bits in a data structure. It is used mostly in the process of . The parity of a data structure can be changed by changing the value of the .
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parity bit (?), n. (Computers) The bit within a data structure which is assigned a value of 1 or 0 so as to make the parity{7} of the data structure odd or even. Data structures may or may not have parity bits, dpending on whether the system does or does not perform . The most commonly used parity bit is the eigth (higher-order) bit of a byte, which is used when data transmission uses only the 7 lower-order bits of each byte as significant data; some memory systems use a ninth bit as a parity bit for each eight bits (one byte) of significant data in memory.
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parity check (?), n. (Computers) The act or process of testing whether a byte or other data structure has an even or odd number of bits set to the value of 1; -- it is used primarily to detect errors in data, especially in memory banks or in data transmitted over a communications line. The parity can be changed by assigning one bit in each data structure as the , so that the total number of bits set to the value of 1 is odd (odd parity) or even (even parity). If parity is used for error checking the writing and reading systems must first agree on which type of parity (odd or even) to use; if the reading system detects a deviation from the agreed parity, it signals an error, to be handled by the error-handling processes of the system.
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parity checking (?), n. (Computers) The process of performing a .
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Parjanya prop. n. 1. (Hinduism) The Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra.
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Park (pärk), 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. an inclosure, .] 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.
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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.
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While in the park I sing, the listening deer
Attend my passion, and forget to fear. Waller.
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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.
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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.
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5. A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown. [Written also parc.]
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6. Any place where vehicles are assembled according to a definite arrangement; also, the vehicles.
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7. A position of the gear lever in a vehicle with automatic transmission, used when the vehicle is stopped, in which the transmission is in neutral and a brake is engaged.
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Coloq. Park of artillery . See under . -- Coloq. Park phaeton , a small, low carriage, for use in parks. -- Coloq. industrial park a region located typically in a suburban or rural area, zoned by law for specific types of business use (as, retail business, light industry, and sometimes heavy industry), often having some parklike characteristics, and having businesses, parking lots, and sometimes recreation areas and restaurants. The sponsoring agency may also provide supporting facilities, such as water towers, office buildings, or for large industrial parks, an airport.
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Park, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parking.] 1. To inclose in a park, or as in a park.
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How are we parked, and bounded in a pale. Shak.
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2. (Mil.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.
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3. In oyster culture, to inclose in a park.
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4. To bring (a vehicle) to a stop and leave it standing; -- typically a parked vehicle is off of the public road, the motor is not running, and the driver has left the vehicle. a vehicle stopped but still running with the driver in it is said to be standing. parallel-park [PJC]

5. To place (an object) in a temporary location; as, to park oneself on the couch; to park one's money in a mutual fund. [informal]
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Park, v. i. 1. To promenade or drive in a park; also, of horses, to display style or gait on a park drive.
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2. To come to a stop [in a vehicle] off of the public road and leave the vehicle standing; -- typically the motor of a parked vehicle is not left running; as, he parked in a no-parking zone.
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{ Parka (?), Parkee (?) }, n. [Russ. parka, parki, dim. of para a pair, fr. G. paar, L. par. Cf. .] 1. An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc.
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2. A coat with a fur lining and a hood, used for protection in very cold weather.
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3. Hence: Any of a variety of jackets with attached hoods, usually of very warm or waterproof construction so as to provide protection from cold or rainy weather.
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parked adj. p. p. of , v. t., 2; -- of vehicles; as, there were four parked cars across the street.
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Parker (?), n. The keeper of a park. Sir M. Hale.
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Parkeria (?), prop. n. [NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British zoologist.] (Zoöl.) 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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Parkeriaceae prop. n. A natural family of ferns coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes it is included in the family Polypodiaceae.
Syn. -- family Parkeriaceae.
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