parishen 
Yet I ba'e teen him on a day, 
The pride of a* the parishfn. 
Burtu, I Coft a Stane o' Haslock Woo'. 
parishing (par'ish-ing), . A hamlet or small 
villain iiiljuiiiiii); :unl belonging to a parish. 
Iliilliirt-ll. [I'rov. Eni,'.] 
parishional (i>a-rish'on-al),rt. [< parishen (cf. 
ptirifilirit) + -fit.] Of or pertaining to parish- 
ioners or ii piii-isli. 
If there be In the Cltle many Moschees, the Cathedrall 
[mosque or cliurchl bcginneth, and then all other Parish- 
iii<il/ [churches] follow. Pure/tax, Pilgrimage, p. 300. 
Hishcip Hull uses parixhional, in the expression "parish- 
vitialt iiifttiriKH." Strictly, parishunwl ought to mean 
"pertaining to parishioners, rather than "pertaining to 
a parish." It Is such 11 word as our congressional IB, and 
such a word us processional would be, if used to mean 
"pertaining to a process." F. Hall, false Phllol., p. 29. 
parishioner (im-rish'on-er), n. [Early mod. 
E. (He.) partaeMHer; prop, "parishener, < pa- 
rixlirii T -er 1 , the suflix being nnneeessarily 
added, as in nnixii-intirr.'} An inhabitant or 
member of a parish; especially, one who at- 
tends or is a member of a parish church; a 
member of a parish, in any sense. See parish. 
Y hull! magistratis gentlemen and remanent parimh- 
onen p'nt faithfiillie p'misit to concurre for y* further- 
ance of yo work. 
Quoted In A. Hume'i Orthographie(E. E. T. S.), ITef., p. vli. 
What tedious homily of love have you wearied your pa- 
rithimifrs withal, and never cried " Have patience, good 
people!" Shot., As you Like It, Hi. 2. 164. 
The church . . . was not large enough to hold all the 
parishioners of a parish which stretched over distant vil- 
lages and hamlets. George Eliot, Felix Holt, lit 
Parisian (pa-riz'ian), a. and n. [< F. Parisien 
= It. Parigiano, < ML. *Parisianus (also Parisi- 
etisis), < LL. Parisii ( > F.Paris, It. Parigi), Paris, 
the capital of France, in L. Lutetia Parisiorum, 
Lutetia of the Parisii, a people of Celtic Gaul, 
bordering on the Senones.] I. a. Of or per- 
taining to Paris, the chief city of France, or its 
inhabitants, etc. 
II. n. A native of or resident in Paris. 
Parisienne (pa-re-zi-en'), [F., fern, of Pari- 
sien : see Parisian, a.] A female native of or 
resident in Paris. 
parisite (par'is-it), n. [Named after J. J. 
Paris.'] A rare fluocarbonate of the metals of 
the cerium group, occurring in hexagonal crys- 
tals of a yellowish color in the emerald-mines 
of the United States of Colombia. 
parisology (par-i-sol'o-ji), n. [< Or. irapiaof, al- 
most equal (< Kapd, by, near, + laof, equal), + 
-Xoy/a, < Myeiv, say: see -ology."] The use of 
equivocal or ambiguous words. Campbell. 
[Rare.] 
parison (par'i-son), n. [< Gr. vdpiaov, neut. of 
Trdpdjof, nearly equal: see parisology."] In a 
recently invented glass-blowing machine for 
bottle-making, the receptacle which first re- 
ceives the molten glass in quantity just suf- 
ficient to form a single bottle, and feeds the 
metal to the mold. The sizes of the parisons 
are varied to correspond with different sizes of 
bottles. 
Paris red, white, yellow, etc. See red, etc. 
Paris violet. Same as methyl^violet. 
parisyllabic (parl-si-lab'ik), a. [= F. pari- 
xi/lliilii>iin: < I,, pni; puri.t, equal, 4- si/Unlia. syl- 
lable : see syllable.] Having the same number 
of syllables ; specifically, in Gr. and Lot. gram., 
of nouns, having the same number of syllables 
in the oblique cases as in the nominative. 
parisyllabical (par'i-si-lab'i-kal), a. [< pari- 
Kijllahif + -oJ.] Same as parisyllabic. 
ParitiUm (pa-rish'i-um), n. [NL. (Saint-Hi- 
laire, 1825).] A former small genus of malva- 
oeous trees, now included in Hibiscus. 
paritort(par'i-tor),i. [<LL. paritor, a servant, 
attendant, < L. parere, obey: see appear. Cf. 
apparitor.] A beadle ; a summoner ; an appar- 
Sole imperator and great genera] 
Of trotting 'paritors. 
Skat., L. L. L., lit 1. 188. 
Thou art not wise enough to be a paritor. 
Ford, Love's Sacrifice, UL 1. 
paritoryt, . [ME., < OF. paritoire, F. parti- 
taire : see parietary, pellitory.] Same as parie- 
tary, pellitory. 
His forheed dropped as a stillatorie. 
Were f ul of plantayn and of paritorie. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 28. 
parity 1 (par'i-ti), n. [< F. parite = Sp. pan- 
dad = Pg. paridade = It. parita, < LL. pari- 
ta(t-)s, equality, < li. par, equal: seepnr 2 .] 1. 
Equality; similarity or close correspondence 
or equivalence as regards state, position, condi- 
tion, quality, degree, etc. 
4293 
Your Tsabcl, and you my Mortimer, 
Which are the marks of /wirrty, not power, 
And these are the titles best become our lore. 
B. Joruton, Kail of Mortimer, 1. 1. 
Equality In birth, parity In years, 
And In affection noway different. 
Webster, Cure for a Cuckold, 1. 1. 
2. In logic, analogy; similarity; similar or like 
course, as of reasoning or argument. 
Will not the parity of reason so far hold as to aggravate 
those sins which are immediate offences against the Di- 
vine Majesty, and which tend to overthrow his Govern- 
ment of the World? Stillinffjtett, Sermons, II. Ix. 
Where there is no parity of principle, there Is no basis 
for comparison. De Quincey, Style, III. 
3. Specifically, in eccles. hist., the equality of 
religious bodies in their relations to the state, 
their standing in universities, etc. ; the princi- 
ple of such equality ; in Presbyterian churches, 
the equality of all the members of the clerical 
order. 
parity 2 (par'i-ti), n. [< L. parere, bring forth, 
beget.] The condition of being able to bear 
offspring. 
parjetoryt, A word of dubious form and 
meaning in the following passage, it may per- 
haps be meant for "paryetoru, a wall-painting (see paryet), 
or tor parietary, pellitory of the wall. 
No marvell If he brought us home nothing but a nicer 
tankard drollery, a venereous parjetvry for a stewes. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
park (park), n. [< ME. park, < OF. pare, F. 
pare = Pr. pare = Sp. Pg. parque = It. parco 
[ML. parcia, parricus) ; cf . W. park, paring = 
Ir. Gael, pairc = Bret, park; also Tent., E. par- 
rock, also paddock (see paddock 2 ), < ME. parrot, 
< AS. vearroc = D. perk, a park, = MLG. perk 
= OHG. pfarrich, pferrich, MHG. pferrich, G. 
pferch, an inclosure, sheep-fold (G. 8w. Dan. 
park, a pond, a park,< F. pare). It is uncertain 
whether the word is orig. Celtic or Tent.; it is 
prob. Teut., connected with par 1 , a bar, perhaps 
with orig. initial s-, and so ult. connected with 
par 1 , a bar, beam, etc.] 1 . In Eng. law, a tract 
of land inclosed and privileged for wild beasts 
of chase, by the monarch's grant or by prescrip- 
tion. A chase, was distinguished from a park by not being 
inclosed ; and both differed from a forest in having no 
peculiar courts or judicial officers, nor any particular laws. 
" The onely way," then said the host, . . . 
" Is to seek him among the part*. 
Killing of the kings deer." 
Robin Hood and the Tinker (Child's Ballads, V. 235). 
A part is an enclosed chase extending only over a man's 
own grounds. The word part, indeed, properly signifies 
an enclosure ; but yet It is not every common field or com- 
mon which a gentleman pleases to surround with a wall 
or paling, or to stock with a herd of deer, that Is thereby 
constituted a legal part; for the king's grant, or at least 
Immemorial prescription, is necessary to make It so. 
Biactotone, Com., II. ill. 
2. A considerable extent of pasture and wood- 
land, surrounding or adjoining a country-house 
and devoted primarily to purposes of recrea- 
tion or enjoyment, and often serving to support 
a herd of cattle or a flock of sheep, or, in Eu- 
rope, stocked with deer. 
A prls place was vnder the paleys, a part as it were, 
That whilom with wilde bestes was wel restored. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), I. 2845. 
My partt, my walks, my manors that I had, 
Even now forsake me, and of all my lands 
Is nothing left me but my body's length. 
Shot., 3 Hen. VI., v. 2. 24. 
Parti with oak and chestnut shady, 
Partt and order'd gardens great. 
Tennyson, Lrd of Burleigh. 
3. A piece of ground, usually of considerable 
extent, set apart and maintained for public use, 
and laid out in such a way as to afford pleasure 
to the eye as well as opportunity for open-air 
recreation : as, Central Park in New York, or 
Hyde Park in London. 
Frequent In part with lady at his side, 
Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; 
But rare at home. Camper, Task, it 381. 
4. An inclosed piece of ground suitable for till- 
age or pasture; an inclosed field. [Scotch.] 
6. A nigh plateau-like valley, resembling the 
"holes" and "prairies" of the more northern 
parts of the Rocky Mountain ranges. [Colorado 
and Wyoming.] 
When the parti of the Rocky Mountains are spoken of, 
It is usually the more conspicuous ones the North, Mid- 
dle, and South Parti which are intended to be desig- 
nated. Of these, the North Park is in Wyoming, the oth- 
ers In Colorado. J. D. Whitney, Names and Places, p. 191. 
6. Milit. : (a) The space or inclosure occupied 
by the guns, wagons, animals, pontoons, pow- 
der, provisions, stores, etc., when brought to- 
gether, or the objects themselves : as, a park of 
artillery, of provisions, of wagons, etc. 
parking 
Soon, however, two big guns came trundling along from 
our part, and were placed on the banks of the river, be- 
twecn the garden and the bridge. 
W. a. Rusftll, Diary In India, I. 278. 
(b) A complete set or equipment, as of guns, 
tools, etc. : as, a park of siege-guns. 
There 's a villain ! he'll burn the part of artillery, will 
he ? Sheridan CO, The Camp, It 2. 
In equipping a siege part, preference will be given to 
comparatively heavy piece*. 
Hichaelii, tr. of Monthaye's Krnpp and De Bange, p. 64. 
7t. A large net placed at the margin of the 
sea, with only one entrance, which is next the 
shore, and is left dry by the ebb of the tide. 
Ilolli/band. 8. In oyster-culture, a sunken bed 
on which oysters are placed for reproduction 
and growth, and which is filled with water by 
each high tide. [U.S.] 9. A prison. 1/nil'i- 
inll. [Slang, prov. Eng.]-Englner park, the 
whole equipment of stores, Intrenchlng-tools, etc., belong- 
ing to a military department of engineers In the field ; also, 
the place where this equipment is stored, and the camp 
of the officers and men of this service. Hungertord 
park, a kind of cup (see cup, 12) used In England In 
summer. It is made of ale and sherry In which apples 
and lemon-peel are steeped. Park hack, a horse hired 
for use in a public park. = SyTL 1. Chase, Wood*, etc. See 
/ore*. 
park (pftrk), v. [< park, n.] I. trans. 1. To 
inclose or shut up in as in a park. 
Among wyues and wodewes ich am ywoned [accustomed 
to) sitte 
Yparroted In puwes (pews). Pien Plowman (C), vll. 144. 
How are vrepark'd and bounded In a pale, 
A little herd of England's timorous deer ! 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., Iv. 2. 45. 
The nomadic races [In European Russia] have been 
partly driven out and partly pacified and parted in " re- 
serves," and the territory which they so long and so stub- 
bornly defended Is now studded with peaceful villages, and 
tilled by laborious agriculturists. 
D. M. Wallace, Russia, p. 368. 
2. To bring together in a park or compact 
body : as, to park artillery. De Quincey. 
The wagon-train of Sykea's division of Porter's corps, 
which was parttd near and a little to the south-east of 
Savage's Station. The Century, XXXVHI. 158, 
II. intrans. To frequent a public park. [Kare.] 
Then all for parting and parading, 
Coquetting, dancing, masquerading. 
Brooke, Love and Vanity. 
parka 1 (par'kft), n. [Aleutian.] A coat, sack, 
or other outer garment made of bird-skins 
sewed together with the feathers on the inside, 
worn by the Aleuts. 
parka 2 (par'kS), n. A curious fossil from the 
Old Bed Sand'stone of Scotland and England. 
It is an egg-packet, probably of some species of the crus- 
tacean genus Pteryijottw, which is found in the same beds. 
parken, . See parkin. 
parkert (par'ker), n. [< ME. parkere; < park + 
-er 1 . The word is now best known as a sur- 
name, Parker.'] The keeper of a park. 
Sex pons ther-fore to feys he takes, 
And pays feys to parken als I-wys. 
Baaeei Book (E. E. T. S.X p. 810. 
The office of parter of the forests of Croxteth and Tox- 
teth. Record Sac. Lancashire and Cheshire, XII. 7. 
Parkes process. See process. 
Parkia (par'ki-ft), n. [NL. (B. Brown, 1826), 
after Mungo Park (1771-c. 1806), an African 
traveler.] A genus of ornamental leguminous 
trees of the suborder Mimosete, type of the 
tribe Parkiea, distinguished from related gen- 
era by having ten perfect stamens. There are 
about 25 species, natives of tropical America, Asia, and 
Africa. They bear bipfnnate leaves of many small leaf- 
lets, said to reach (i,ix) in one leaf, and large roundish 
or club-shaped heads of small flowers, solitary and pen- 
dulous from the axils or in copious terminal panicles. The 
flowers often exceed 2,000 In a head, the lower ones being 
sterile and white or red, the upper perfect and yellowish, 
brownish, or red, followed by long pods with edible seeds 
or pulp. P. biglanduliua Is the nltta- or nutta-tree of 
western Africa, or African locust-tree, the doura of Sudan. 
See nitta-tree. 
Parkiea (par-ki'e-e), w. pi. [NL. (Wight and 
Arnott, 1834), < Parkia + -ea.] A tribe of the 
suborder Mimosete in the order Leguminosx, dis- 
tinguished by the imbricated calyx-teeth, five- 
cleft corolla, and gland-bearing anthers, it con- 
sist* of Portia (the type) and Pentadethrn, both tropical 
genera of unarmed trees with twice-pinnate leaves and 
conspicuous flowers. 
parkin, parken (par'kin, -ken), n. A kind of 
oatmeal gingerbread. [Prov. Eng. and Scoteh.] 
parking (piir'king), H. [Verbal n. otpark, r.J 
Parks collectively, or a park-like place ; also, a 
strip of turf, with or without trees, in the mid- 
dle of a street. 
In some cases, similar parking has been left In the mid- 
dle of the streets. Encyc. Brit, XXIV. 382. 
Spaces were left for a market-place, court-house green, 
and parking for the palace. 
Johns Hoptiia Hist. Studies, 3d ser., p. 109. 
