parchment 
When growing, tllr Itllt Milm nt th> *rnl^ [uf mltr.- :i|. 
towanU MC)I lhrr, ami lmv<- a IM\. tin- or membrane 
uf cartilaginous skin which, when dry, U known as "the 
parchti/' -ni." 
A. G. /'. l:'t<"t Jautftt, Indian Industries, p. 50. 
3. A document written on parchment . 
But here ' a parchment with the seal uf Caesar. 
Shall..}. <\, ill. !. 1S3. 
1 once requested your Hands an Witnesses tu a certain 
Parchment. < M / Wa\ "I tin W "rid, v. IX 
Cotton parchment. Meeeottoni. Parchment paper. 
:-<< ixtptv. Vegetable parchment, same tin jtarchment 
paix-r. Virgin parchment, a Mm- oj'aiity of iiaivhmmt 
niailf from tnu skins nf new-horn lambtf or kids. 
parchment (piirch'meiit), c. /. [<y//r/i/i /, . | 
To convert into parcl'iment ; parchemiu. 
parchment-beaver (parch 'inent- be 'ver), n. 
Same as drii-i-imtur. 
parchmentert (parch'men-ter), n. [ME. parehe- 
menter, also contr. pariiicuter; < parchment + 
-</!. Ct.iHiri-liiniiiii-i;] A maker of parchment. 
parchmentize (parch'men-tiz), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. parchmentized, ppr. parrhmrnti;inij. [< 
parchment + -ize.] To convert into parchment ; 
parchemiu or parchment. 
Blotting paper parchmentized by a new process. 
Oner, Diet. Elect, p. 80. 
parchment-lace (parch'ment-las), N. See lace. 
parchment-skin (parch'ment-skin), n. A dis- 
ease of the skin characterized by scattered pig- 
mented telangiectatic and atrophic spots, with 
contraction of the skin, usually followed by epi- 
theliomatous patches and ulceration. It almost 
Invariably begins in early life, and Is apt to affect several 
children in the same family. Also called parchment-dan 
dinea#e, xeroderma. 
parchmenty (piirch'men-ti), a. [< parchment 
+ -y 1 .] Resembling parchment in texture or 
appearance ; pergamentaceous. 
The wings of the anterior pair are usually ut parchmenty 
consistence. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., I6S9. 
parcialt, An obsolete form of partial. 
parcidentate (par-si-den'tat), a. [< L. parcus, 
sparing, scanty, + drntatus, toothed: see den- 
tate.'] In zool., having few teeth or dentate 
processes: opposed to pluridcntatc. 
parcimonioust, parcimonyt. Obsolete forms 
of parsimonious, pantimony. 
parcityt (par'si-ti). n. [< OF. parcite = Sp. par- 
cidad = It. parcita, < L. parcita(t-)s, sparing- 
ness, < pare/us, sparing, scanty, frugal ; cf . par- 
cere, spare, akin to Gr. tmapvof, scarce, rare, and 
to E. spare.] 1. Sparingness. Cotyrare. 2. 
Sparseness; paucity. 
parclose, . See perclose. 
pard 1 (pard), . [= F. pard, parde = Sp. Pg. 
It. pardo = OHG. pardo, MHG. parde, part, Q. 
parder, pardel (cf. pardale), < L. pardus, < Gr. 
vdpdof, later form of vupSa't.is, v6/ioa/jf, the pard 
(either leopard, panther, or ounce); an Eastern 
word ; cf . Pers. pars, parsh, a pard, parn, a pan- 
ther. Hence, in comp., camclopard, leopard.] 
The leopard or panther. 
Lions and bloody pards are Man's servants. 
Fletcher (and Masrinyer ?), Lovers' Progress, 11. 3. 
Striped like a zebra, freckled like upard. 
Keats, Lamia, i. 
pard 2 (pard), n. [Short for pardner, a corrupt 
form of partner.'] A partner; a mate; an ac- 
complice; a boon companion. [Slang, U. S.] 
He was the hull irsi man In Uie mountains, pard '. 
S. L. Clemen*, Roughing It, II. 
pardah, . Same as purdah. 
pardalet, n. [= Sp. pardal, < L. pardalix, < (Jr. 
7rdp<Sa/.(f , a pard : see^inrd 1 .] Same as pard 1 . 
The pardale swift and the tygre cruell. 
Spenser, F. t;., I. vi. 26. 
Nexte vnto him came flockes of beasts, great numbers 
of horses with Lyons, and Pardailes carted in Cages, which 
nee brought as presents to gene vnto Alexander. 
./. Brende, tr. of Quint UH nirt ins, v. 
pardalote (piir'da-lot), n. A bird of the genus 
I'urdaliilHx. 
Pardalotinae (par*da-lo-ti'ne), n. pi. [NL., < 
Vanlalotus + -in.~\" A group of birds named 
by H. E. Strickland in 1842 from the genus 
I'arditlntiix. 
[NL., < Gr. nap- 
< ffripooA/f, a 
pard: see prrfl.] A genus of small short- 
tailed birds, allied to the flycatchers. There 
are several species, natives of Australia. 
Pardanthus (pur-dan' thus), . [NL. (Ker, 
180")), so <-:illrd from the spotted perianth; < 
Gr. ffdptfof, leopard, + avOof, flower.] A genus of 
monocotyledonous plants of the order Iri<li;< , 
the tribe NIM/I'I'''/II,T, .anil the sulilrine AVv/.v//- 
riiichiea, now known as lit'lumcuntln (Adanson, 
1763), and distinguished by a capsule with re- 
4287 
Hexed viilvpH. exposing the tiluck fleshy seeds 
on ail erect persistent axis. The only species, /'. 
Sinensis, the blacklicrry-llly, native of India, China, and 
Japan, is cultivated for Its large uraiige purple-spiillrd 
flowers, lasting only a day, and U widely naturalized. It 
produces a stout leafy stem from a creeping rootstuck, 
with sword-shaped sheathing leaves. 8e liia and leap- 
ard-ttourr. 
pardao, pardo (par-dii'6, par'do), . fFormer- 
ly also /Hirilinr. < ]';. imrdao (see dei.).] An 
Indo-Portugiicse money of account of Goa, 
worth about 00 United States cents. Simmonds. 
They payed In hand one thousand and three hundred 
pardateet. Uakluyt'i Voyaga, II. 207. 
pardawt, s-e /mi-dun. 
pardi (piir-de'), inl< rj. [F. : gee pardy.~\ Same 
as pa nli/. 
"Pardi," cried Madame Duval, "I shan't let you leave 
me again in a hurry." Mia Ilurnry, Evelina, xlvi. 
n. 
PardalotUS (pUr-da-16'tus), n. [ 
daXurof, spotted like the parti, 
pardine(piir'din),a. [<;>nr(/ 1 + -i<-.] Kesem- 
bliug a pard; spotted like a pard: as, thepar- 
diin- genet, lii'intlii pnrdiiia, of westeni Afnca. 
pardo, M. Seepnrrmo. 
pardon (piir'don or-dn), r. t. [< ME. pardonen,< 
OV. pardon/ r. "pardunnrr, prrdinu-r, F. pardonm r 
= Sp.perdonar = I'g. prrdoar = It. pi-rdmum; 
< ML. perdonare, give, concede, indulge, simre, 
pardon, < L. per, through, + donare, give, < 
donum, a gift: see per- and donate.] \. To re- 
mit the penalty or punishment due on account 
of (an offense); pass by or leave without pen- 
alty, resentment, or blame ; forgive ; overlook. 
I have a power to pardon sins, as oft 
As any man has power to wrong me. 
Beau, and 11 Phllaster, v. 6. 
Ills [the king's] power of pardoning was said by our 
Saxon ancestors to be derived a lege sute dignitatis: and 
It Is declared In parliament by Statute 27 Hen. VIII., c. 24, 
that no other person hath power to pardon or remit any 
treason or felonies whatsoever. 
BlacJUtone, Com., IV. zxxl. 
2. To absolve (an offender) from liability for 
an offense or crime committed ; release (a per- 
son) from the punishment or penalty due on 
account of some fault or offense. 
I nener denied iustice to a poore man for his pouertee, 
nor pardoned a rlche man for his great goods and richesae. 
Golden Book, xlvii. 
As you from crimes would pardon'd be, 
Let your Indulgence set me free. 
Skak., Tempest, EpU., L 19. 
The shepherd rais'd his mournful head ; 
"And will you pardon me?" he said. 
Prior, Despairing Shepherd. 
3. To excuse ; indulge ; especially, to excuse 
from doing something. 
Thrice-noble lord, let me entreat of you 
To pardon me yet for a night or two. 
Shak., T. of the S., Ind., U. 121. 
Those who know how many volumes have been written 
on the poems of Homer and Virgil will easily pardon the 
length of my discourse on Milton. 
Additon, Spectator, No. 321. 
Pardon me, forgive me ; excuse me : a phrase used when 
one makes an apology, and often when one means civilly 
to deny or contradict what another affirms : as, pardon me, 
but I think you are mistaken: often abbreviated topardon. 
And I 
(Pardon me saying 11) were much loath to breed 
Dispute betwixt myself and mine. 
Tennyton, Princes*, L 
= Syn. Pardon, Foryit*. These words are often synony- 
mous. Strictly, pardon expresses the act of an official or 
a superior, remitting all or the remainder of the punish- 
ment that belongs to an offense : as, the queen or the gov- 
ernor pardons a convict before the expiration of his sen- 
tence. Foryive refers especially to the feelings ; it means 
that one not only resolves to overlook the offense and re- 
establishes amicable relations with the offender, but gives 
up all ill feeling against him. Sec pardon, n. 
pardon (piir'don or -du), n. [< ME. pardon, par- 
doun, pardttft,< OF. pardon, pardun, F. pardon 
= Sp. perdon = Pg. perdSo = It. perdono, < ML. 
perdonum, indulgence, pardon ; from the verb.] 
1. Forgiveness of an offender or of his offense 
or crime; a passing over without punishment; 
remission of penalty. 
Very frankly he confess'd his treasons. 
Implored your highness' pardon, and set forth 
A deep repentance. Shak., Macbeth, L 4. 6. 
Both confess'd 
Humbly their faults, and pardon begg'd. 
Milton, V. L., x. 1101. 
Grant me pardon for my thoughts : 
And for my strange petition I will make 
Amends hereafter. Tennyson, Oeralnt 
2. In Inn-, a free remission of the legal conse- 
quences of guilt or of some part of them ; an act 
of grace proceeding from the power charged 
with the execution of the laws, which exempts 
the individual on whom it is bestowed from the 
punishment the law prescribes for a crime he 
has committed. Marshall. Mere mitigation of 
pardoner 
punishment Is not pardon. Pardon Is sometimes used 
in tin- inuii. general sense which Includes amnetty. In 
Great Britain the pardoning of offenses against the crown 
or the people rests with tin- . !<> n, v < pt In certain 
fled cases. Pardon ls granted under the great seal or by 
warrant under the sign manual, countersigned by one of 
the principal secretaries of state, or by act of rrllaiu. nt. 
(menders against the laws of the I'nlted States msy be 
pardoned by the President, except In cases of Impeach- 
ment In nearly all the Htates, persons convicted of 
crimes under the State laws, except In cases of treason 
and Impeachment, msy be pardoned by the governor, the 
governor and council, or the governor and board of pardons. 
John Hunne had his pardun, and Houthwel died the 
Mght before he should have been executed. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 187. 
3. The deed or warrant by which such remis- 
sion is declared. Delivery Is essential to Its validity, 
and delivery Is not complete without acceptance : but In 
some cases constructive acceptance has been held suffi- 
cient, as where It was delivered to the jailer, the prisoner 
lieing Ignorant of it. 
It. A papal indulgence, or remission of the 
temporal punishment due to sin, usually for a 
stated time. 
De le and do penaunce day and nyght euere, 
And purchase al the pardoun of faumpelon and of Rome, 
And Indulgences ynowe. Fieri Plowman (CX xx. 218. 
Thrice he promised he would bring them all pardon* 
from Rome. Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 34. 
To quicken the faithful In the discharge of such a bro- 
therly kindness, our old English bishops often granted a 
ghostly reward an Indulgence, or, as U was then better 
called, t. pardon ot so many days unto all those who with 
the fitting dispositions should answer this call made to 
them from the grave, and pray especially for him or her 
who lay burled there. 
Quoted In Jtock'i Church of our Fathers, III. L 72. 
5f. Allowance; excuse. 
I begg'd 
His pardon for return. 
Shak., A. and C., ill. 0. 60. 
No youth can be comely but by pardon, and considering 
the youth as to make up the comeliness. Bacon, Beauty. 
To beg, crave, or ask one's pardon, to ask one's for- 
giveness: a phrase corresponding in use to pardon me 
(which see, under pardon, r.). =Syn. Pardon, Absolution, 
Kemitaion, Amnesty. All these words represent a com- 
plete work with reference to the offense, so that It becomes 
as though it had not been committed. Pardon Is the gen- 
eral word (see comparison under pardon, r. f.X Al*"lu- 
ti"n is now strictly an ecclesiastical word, as denned. 
Remission is, by derivation, a letting go, a sending away; 
"remission of sins " Is a frequent Kiblical expression ; out- 
side of Biblical language, we speak chiefly of the remission 
of penalty : as, the remission of a fine or of part of a term 
of imprisonment. Amnesty is strictly a political word, as 
defined, covering a general pardon of persons, named or 
unnamed, who have become exposed to penalty by offenses 
against the state or the sovereign. We speak of pardon of 
the offense or Uie person ; absolution of the person from 
the offense ; remission of sin or of penalty for the person ; 
amnesty to all concerned In the insurrection. 
Such persons would be within the general pardoning 
power, and also the special provision for pardon and am- 
nesty contained in this act. Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 202. 
The blackest sin Is clear 'd with absolution. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 364. 
Almighty God . . . hath given power and command- 
ment to his ministers to declare and pronounce to his 
people, being penitent, the absolution and remisritm ot 
their sins. Book of Common Prayer, Absolution. 
All peace Implies amnesty, or oblivion of past subjects 
of dispute, whether the same Is expressly mentioned In 
the terms of the treaty or not. 
Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, ( 153. 
pardonable (piir'don-a-bl), a. [< V.pardonnable 
= Sp. perdoimule = Pg. perdoaret = It. perdo- 
nabiie, < ML. 'perdonabilis, < perdonare, pardon: 
see pardon, r.] Capable of being pardoned or 
forgiven ; not requiring the execution of penal- 
ty or the intliction of censure ; venial : applied 
to either offense or offender. 
We confess we derive all that Is fardmaNt In us from 
ancient fountains. Uryden. 
= Syn. Excusable, etc. See venial. 
pardonableness (par'don-a-bl-nes), M. The 
quality of being pardonable ; susceptibility of 
forgiveness. Bp. Hall, No Peace with Koine, 
xiii. 
pardonably (par'don-a-bli), adv. In a manner 
admitting of pardon or excuse. 
Fancy grows so strong 
That listening sense Is pardonably cheated. 
Wordncorth, Evening Voluntaries, v. 
pardon-bell (par'don-bel), n. The angelus-bell : 
so called because special pardons were formerly 
bestowed upon those who on hearing it recited 
the angelus correctly. See angelus. 
pardon-chair (par 'don -char), . A confes- 
sional. 
pardoner (piir'don-er), n. [< ME. pardoner, 
pardonere; < OF.pardonaire (< ML. as if *per- 
donarius), F. pardonnevr = Sp. perdonador = 
Pg. perdoador = It. perdonatore, < ML. as if 
'perdonator, < perdonare, pardon : see pardon, 
r.] 1. One who pardons or forgives; one 
