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<A NAME="paravion">
<B>par avion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) by airplane (a label for letters and packages to be sent by air mail). </DL>
<A NAME="parawing">
<B>parawing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sail-shaped, parachutelike device that unfurls to act like a wing during descent; combination of parachute and wing; parasail. <BR> <I>Ex. The parawings being tested by the Army are about 400 feet in area, and can be folded, packed, and deployed like a parachute (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="paraxylene">
<B>paraxylene, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of three isomeric forms of xylene. <BR> <I>Ex. Paraxylene is used in the manufacture of polyester fiber and film (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="parboil">
<B>parboil, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to boil till partly cooked. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother always parboils the beans before baking them.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to overheat. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become overheated. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) to parboil in the hot sun.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="parbuckle">
<B>parbuckle, </B>noun, verb, <B>-led,</B> <B>-ling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a device for raising or lowering a heavy object (especially a cylindrical object such as a barrel or naval gun) vertically or in an inclined plane, consisting of a rope the middle of which is looped around a post at the height to which the object is to be raised, with its two ends passed around the object, and pulled in or let out from above, the object serving as a pulley. <DD><B> 2. </B>a kind of double sling formed by passing the two ends of a rope, around the object, as a cask, to be raised or lowered. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to raise or lower (something) by means of a parbuckle. </DL>
<A NAME="parcae">
<B>Parcae, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Roman Mythology.) the Fates. </DL>
<A NAME="parcel">
<B>parcel, </B>noun, verb, <B>-celed,</B> <B>-celing</B> or (especially British) <B>-celled,</B> <B>-celling,</B> adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a bundle of things wrapped or packed together; package. <BR> <I>Ex. Her arms were filled with gift parcels.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a box with things packed in it. <BR> <I>Ex. Put your shirts in this parcel.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a piece; tract. <BR> <I>Ex. a parcel of land, a two-acre parcel fronting on the road.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a lot; group of indefinite size; pack. <BR> <I>Ex. The peddler had a whole parcel of odds and ends in his sack. (Figurative.) a parcel of liars.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Commerce.) a quantity (sometimes definite) of a commodity dealt with in one transaction, especially in the wholesale market. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Archaic.) a constituent or component part; item; fragment. <BR> <I>Ex. I sent your grace The parcels and particulars of our grief (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make into a parcel; put up in parcels. <DD><B> 2. </B>to wrap strips of canvas around (a rope) for protection. <DD><I>adj., adv. </I> in part; partly; partially. <BR> <I>Ex. He was a jester and a parcel poet (Scott) (adj.). My grandame ... is parcel blind with age (Scott) (adv.).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>parcel out,</B> </I>to divide into portions or distribute in portions. <BR> <I>Ex. The two big nations parceled out the little country between them. When I asked why I could not be served by the only other competing distributor ... I was told that the two companies had parcelled out London between them (London Times).</I> </DL>
<B>parceling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Nautical.) <DD><B> a. </B>the act or process of wrapping strips of canvas, usually tarred, around a rope. <DD><B> b. </B>strips of canvas wrapped around a rope for its protection. <DD><B> 2. </B>a division into parcels or portions; partition. </DL>
<B>parcener, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a joint heir; co-heir. </DL>
<A NAME="parch">
<B>parch, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to dry by heating; heat to evaporate the water, especially to store without spoiling; roast slightly. <BR> <I>Ex. The Indians parched corn.</I> (SYN) scorch, sear, singe, char. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make hot and dry or thirsty. <BR> <I>Ex. The fever parched him.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to dry, shrivel, or wither with cold. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become hot and dry, or thirsty. <BR> <I>Ex. I am parching with the heat. There is a fresh sweet growth of grass in the Spring, but it ... parches up in the course of the summer (Washington Irving).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="parched">
<B>parched, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>dried by heat; roasted. <DD><B> 2. </B>dried up; scorched. <DD><B> 3. </B>dry or thirsty, as from heat. </DL>
<A NAME="parchedness">
<B>parchedness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> parched condition or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="parcheesi">
<B>parcheesi</B> or <B>parchesi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a game somewhat like backgammon, played by moving pieces according to throws of dice. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>Parcheesi,</B> a trademark for this game. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=pachisi.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="parchment">
<B>parchment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the skin of sheep, goats or other animals, prepared for use as a writing material. <DD><B> 2. </B>a manuscript or document written on parchment. <BR> <I>Ex. a parchment with the seal of Caesar (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>paper that looks like parchment, especially parchment paper. adj. <B>parchmentlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="parchmentpaper">
<B>parchment paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tough, translucent, glossy paper that looks like parchment, made by soaking ordinary unsized paper in dilute sulfuric acid, then washing and drying it under pressure; vegetable parchment. </DL>
<A NAME="parchmenty">
<B>parchmenty, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like parchment. <BR> <I>Ex. The lees of the strand traversed, with its trash, parchmenty paper, bottles, bags, and beer tins (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pard">
<B>pard</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a leopard or panther. <BR> <I>Ex. a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard (Shakespeare). Freckled like a pard (Keats).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pard">
<B>pard</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) partner; friend; companion. <BR> <I>Ex. Thanks, pard, and them's big hopes to live up to (Alaska Highway News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pardi">
<B>pardi,</B> <B>pardie,</B> or <B>pardy, </B>adverb, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a form of oath formerly much used for emphasis, meaning verily, certainly, or assuredly. Also, <B>perdie.</B> </DL>
<B>pardon, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>forgiveness; passing over an offense without punishment. <BR> <I>Ex. Pardon for his hasty remark was all the boy asked.</I> (SYN) absolution, amnesty. <DD><B> 2. </B>excuse or toleration. <BR> <I>Ex. I beg your pardon, but I didn't hear you.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a setting free from punishment. <BR> <I>Ex. The judge's pardon meant the arrested man would be free if he stayed out of trouble.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a legal document setting a person free from punishment. <DD><B> 4. </B>a papal indulgence. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to forgive; pass over without punishment or blame. <BR> <I>Ex. Grandmother pardons us when we misbehave.</I> (SYN) acquit, absolve. <DD><B> 2. </B>to excuse. <BR> <I>Ex. Pardon my impatience, but I have a train to catch.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to set free from punishment; give a legal pardon to. <BR> <I>Ex. The governor pardoned the thief.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to remit (as an obligation or debt). </DL>
<A NAME="pardonable">
<B>pardonable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be pardoned; excusable. <BR> <I>Ex. It gives me a feeling of pardonable importance (George W. Curtis). I dare say your daughter is pardonable (Jane Porter).</I> noun <B>pardonableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pardonably">
<B>pardonably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a manner admitting of pardon. </DL>
<A NAME="pardoner">
<B>pardoner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who pardons or forgives. <DD><B> 2. </B>a church official charged with the granting of indulgences in the Middle Ages, in return for offerings made to the church. </DL>
<A NAME="pare">
<B>pare, </B>transitive verb, <B>pared,</B> <B>paring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to cut, trim, or shave off the outer part of; peel. <BR> <I>Ex. to pare an apple.</I> (SYN) skin. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cut away (an outer part or layer). <BR> <I>Ex. to pare one's nails.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to cut away little by little. <BR> <I>Ex. to pare down expenses.</I> </DL>
<B>paregoric, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a soothing medicine containing camphor, benzoic acid, and glycerin, and a very little opium. It is used especially to check an upset stomach or to relieve pain. <DD><I>adj. </I> soothing. </DL>
<A NAME="pareiasaurian">
<B>pareiasaurian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> belonging to or having to do with an order or group of extinct, heavily built reptiles, known by fossil remains found in South Africa and elsewhere. <DD><I>noun </I> a pareiasaurian reptile. Also, <B>pariasaurian.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pareira">
<B>pareira, </B>noun. <B>=pareira brava.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pareirabrava">
<B>pareira brava,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the root of a South American vine related to the moonseed, formerly used especially in treating disorders of the urinary passages. </DL>
