Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PARONYCHIA

PARONYCH'IA, noun [Gr. by, and the nail.] In surgery, a whitlow or felon.

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PARONYMOUS

PARON'YMOUS, adjective [Gr. name.] Resembling another word.

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PAROQUET

PAR'OQUETPAROT'ID, adjective [Gr. near, and ear.] Pertaining to or denoting certain glands below and before the ears, or near the articulation of the lower jaw. The parotid glan...

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PAROTID

PAROT'ID, a. [Gr. near, and ear.] Pertaining to or denoting certain glands below and before the ears, or near the articulation of the lower jaw. The parotid glands secrete a por...

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PAROTIS

PARO'TIS, noun [Gr. See Parotid.]1. The parotid gland; a secreting salivary conglomerate gland below and before the ear.2. An inflammation or abscess of the parotid gland.

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PAROXYSM

PAR'OXYSM, noun [Gr. to excite or sharpen; and sharp.] An exasperation or exacerbation of a disease; a fit of higher excitement or violence in a disease that has remissions or i...

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PAROXYSMAL

PAROXYS'MAL, adjective Pertaining to paroxysm; as a paroxysmal disposition.

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PARPHRASTICTICAL

PARPHRAS'TIC'TICAL, adjective Free, clear and ample in explanation; explaining or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not verbal or literal.

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PARREL

PAR'REL, noun [Latin paro. It coincides with apparel, which see.]Among seamen, an apparatus or frame made or ropes, trucks and ribs, so contrived as to go round the mast, and be...

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PARRICIDAL

PARRICI'DALPAR'RICIDE, noun [Latin paricida, from pater, father, and coedo, to kill.]1. A person who murders his father or mother.2. One who murders an ancestor, or any one to w...

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PARRICIDE

PAR'RICIDE, n. [L. paricida, from pater, father, and coedo, to kill.]1. A person who murders his father or mother.2. One who murders an ancestor, or any one to whom he owes reve...

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PARRIDICIOUS

PARRIDIC'IOUS, adjective [See Parricide.] Pertaining to parricide; containing the crime of murdering a parent or child.1. Committing parricide.

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PARRIED

PAR'RIED, participle passive [See Parry.] Warded off; driven aside.

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PARROT

PAR'ROT, noun1. The name of fowls of the genus Psittacus, of numerous species. The bill is hooked and the upper mandible movable. The hooked bill of the parrot is used in climbi...

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PARRY

PAR'RY, verb transitive1. In fencing, to ward off; to stop or to put or turn by; as, to parry a thrust.2. To ward off; to turn aside; to prevent a blow from taking effect.3. To ...

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PARRYING

PAR'RYING, participle present tense Warding off, as a thrust or blow.

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PARSE

PARSE, verb transitive p'ars. [from Latin pars, part.] In grammar, to resolve a sentence into its elements, or to show the several parts of speech composing a sentence, and thei...

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PARSIMONIOUS

PARSIMO'NIOUS, adjective [See Parsimony.] Sparing in the use or expenditure of money; covetous; near; close. It differs from frugal, in implying more closeness or narrowness of ...

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PARSIMONIOUSLY

PARSIMO'NIOUSLY, adverb With a very sparing use of money; covetously.

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PARSIMONIOUSNESS

PARSIMO'NIOUSNESS, noun A very sparing use of money, or a disposition to save expense.

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PARSIMONY

P'ARSIMONY, noun [Latin parsimonia, from parcus, saving, literally close; Eng. park.] Closeness or sparingness in the use or expenditure of money; sometimes used perhaps in a go...

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PARSLEY

P'ARSLEY, noun [Latin petroselinon; Gr. a stone, and parsley; stone-parsley, a plant growing among rocks.] A plant of the genus Apium. The leaves of parsley are used in cookery,...

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PARSNEP

P'ARSNEP, noun [Latin napus, which occurs also in turnep.] A plant of the genus Pastinaca. The root of the garden parsnep is deemed a valuable esculent.

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PARSON

PARSON, noun p'arsn.1. The priest of a parish or ecclesiastical society; the rector or incumbent of a parish, who has the parochial charge or cure of souls. It is used in this s...

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PARSONAGE

P'ARSONAGE, noun In America, the glebe and house belonging to a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance of the incumbent or settled pastor of a chu...

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PART

P'ART, noun [Latin pars, partis.]1. A portion, piece or fragment separated from a whole thing; as, to divide an orange into five parts.2. A portion or quantity of a thing not se...

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PARTABLE

PARTABLE. [See Partible.]