parotid 
i us tn tin 11 up out of the way when not required for pro- 
tection. 
II. a. Situiiieil liesiile the car; parotir nr 
(larotoiil Parotid arteries, small branches of the 
external carotid to the parotid gland. - Parotid duct, 
tin- diii-l i if tin- parotid uluiid. Also called Stciwon'i duct, 
from Nil sti-iiHuM or Nit-olaiis stenonianus, and frequent- 
ly Sti-iuininn tir Stftw'K duct. See cut under paroti't. 
Parotid gland, see I., 1. Parotid lymphatic 
glands, three or four small glands situated beneath the 
pun >t M fasriu. am) more ur less embedded in the substance 
of the parotid salivary gland : the largest lies Immedi- 
ately in front of the tragns of the ear. Parotid nerves, 
brunches of the aurlculotemporal nerve, supplying the 
parotid gland. Parotid veins, tributaries of the facial 
anil ii-iii|i.ti:il veins. 
parotiditis (pa-rot-i-di'tis), . [NL., < parotis 
( parotid-) + -itt.v.] Inflammation of the parotid 
gland. See mumps. Also called parotitis. 
parotion (pa-ro'ti-on), n. [Gr. nafi6rtov: see 
parotis.] In Gr. archeeol., a covering or orna- 
ment for the ear; a parotid. 
parotis ( pa-ro'tis), n. [NL., < L,. parotis, < Gr. 
7rapur/f, a gland beside the ear, the parotid 
gland, or rather a tumor of the parotid gland, 
also the lobe of the ear, < itaph, beside, + otf 
(<jr-) = E. earl.] Same as parotid. 
parotitic (par-o-tit'ik), a. [< parotitis + -ic.] 
Affected with parotitis ; having the mumps. 
parotitis (par-o-tl'tis), n. [NL., < parotin (see 
jiarotin) + -itis.~] Same as parotiditig. 
parotoid (pa-ro'toid), a. and n. [< Gr. xapvrif, 
the parotid gland (seeparo(irf), -r eidof, form.] 
I. a. Resembling a parotid ; specifically, in her- 
pet., noting certain cutaneous glands. See n. 
They [cutaneous glands] may be aggregated in a mass 
belli nil the eye and above the tympanum on each aide, form- 
ing the so-called parotoid glands, as in the common toad. 
Mii-iifi, F.I i- 1 n. Anat., p. 488. 
II. n. One of the cutaneous glands which 
form a warty mass or excrescence near the ex- 
* 
/, Parotoid Gland of a Toad (/' *miric**ia). 
t i-rn.-il ear or tympanum of some batrachians, 
as toads. They areoften of great size, and their presence, 
absence, or other variations furnish zoological characters. 
The parotoids are uot like parotids. Often wrongly spelled 
paratoid. See also cut under agua-taad. 
parqvarian (par-6-va'ri-an), a. [< NL. pa.ro- 
rariiim + -.] Existing" or occurring in the 
neighborhood of the ovary ; of the nature of or 
|ii-rl:iiiiiti to tho parovariiim. 
parovarium (par-o-va'ri-um), n. ; pl.parovaria 
(-ft). [NL., < Gr. napa, beside, 4- NL. ovarium, 
?. v.] A vestige of the Wolfflan body in the 
emale, corresponding to the vasa efferentia 
and coni vasculosi of the male. It consists of a 
group of scattered, closed tubules, lying transversely be- 
tween the Fallopian tube and the ovary, and united by a 
Iniiuituilitiul tube of 
larger size, prolonged for some dis- 
tance downward in the broad ligament It represents the 
sexual part of the Wolfflan body. See also wtroophoron. 
Also called paroarium^ epoopharon, organ of llosrnmiillrr. 
paroxysm (par'pk-sizm), n. [<..paroxyffme = 
8p. IV- piirnrismo = It. parossismo, parosismo, 
< ML. paroxysm us, < Gr. irapo%va[26f, irritation, 
the severe fit of a disease, < mzpof rvm>, sharpen, 
irritate, < reap&, beside, + bi-imeiv, sharpen, < 4f{f, 
sharp.] 1. In mcd., a fit of any disease; peri- 
odical exacerbation of a disease. 
A paroxi/fm of asthma when once established, lasts from 
half an hour to several days. Quoin, Med. Diet. , p. 91. 
Hence 2. Any sudden and violent action; 
spasmodic affection or action ; convulsion; fit. 
I will not run into a pnroxynn of citations again in this 
point. Milton, Reformation in Eng., L 
He attempted, by affected fits of poetical fury, to bring 
on a real paroxysm ; and, like them, he got nothing but 
his distortions for his pains. Xacaulay, Dryden. 
But man begins 1 i f < helpless. The babe is in paroxi/nmt 
of fear the moment its nurse leaves it alone. 
ii, Courage. 
3. Figuratively, a quarrel. 
The greatest contention happening here was tliut ;r- 
oxyan betwixt 1'aul ami Itarnabas. 
Fuller, Pisgah Sight, IV. 1. 29. (Damet.) 
4299 
paroxysmal (par-ok-siz'mal), a. [= 8p. Pg. pa- 
riisistiuil ; us i>nri>jryxm + -/.] Pertaining to 
or marked by paroxysm ; caused by paroxysms 
or convulsions of nature Paroxysmal fever. 
See/owrl. 
paroxysmally (pur-ok-si/.'mal-i), adv. In a 
paroxysmal manner ; by paroxysms. 
paroxysmlc (par-ok-siz'mik), a. [< paroxyxm 
+ -if.] Characterized or accompanied by par- 
oxysm; resembling a paroxysm; coming by 
violent fits and starts; spasmodic. 
They (modern poets) fancy that they honour inspiration 
by supposing it to be only extraordinary and pariaytmic. 
Kinysley, Alton Locke, xv. 
paroxytone (par-ok'si-ton), a. and n. [< Gr. 
irapof wovof, with the acute accent on the penul- 
tima, < napa, beside, + ot-vravof, having the ac- 
cent on the last syllable: see oxytone.~] I. a. 
In Gr. gram., having, or characterized by, an 
acute accent on the penultimate syllable. The 
epithet paroxytone is sometimes applied to words in Eng- 
lish and other languages which do not have the distinc- 
tion of acute and circumflex accent as In Greek, In the 
sense of accented on the penultimate syllable. 
H. n. In in . gram., a word which has an 
acute accent on the penultimate syllable. 
Not a few paroxytotif* with short ultima, which likewise 
end with a middle tone. J. Uadley, Essays, p. 1-3. 
paroxytone (par-ok'si-ton), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
paroxytoned, ppr. paroxytoning. [< Gr. irapofv- 
rovtlv, put the acute accent on the penultima: 
see paroxytone, a.] To write or pronounce with 
an acute accent on the penultimate: as, to 
paroxytone a word. 
paroxytonic (par-ok-si-ton'ik), a. [< parory- 
tone, a., + -ic.] Composed of paroxytone words. 
As regards the tonic accent and the treatment of the 
vowels which come after it, Castlllan may be said to be 
essentially n parnxytotiic language. 
Eneye. Brit., XXIL 349. 
parquet (par-kef), n. and a. [Also parquette; 
< F. parquet, an inclosure, inclosed space, as 
in a theater, court (bar), etc., a locker, back (of 
a mirror), inlaid floor, etc., dim. of pare, an in- 
i- Insure, park: see part.] I. n. 1. Properly, 
that part of the auditorium of a theater which 
extends from the usual station of the musi- 
cians, in front of the stage, to the parterre, 
which is the part of the floor beneath the gal- 
leries; the former pit of an English theater 
(pit now being often used in a new sense.equiv- 
alent to parterre), or the orchestra of a French 
theater. In the United States the word is somewhat 
loosely used, being sometimes applied to the entire floor, 
sometimes toa section differently bounded from that above 
described. 
2. In French law: (a) The magistrates who are 
charged with the conduct of proceedings in 
criminal cases and misdemeanors, (b) The 
space in a court-room between the judge's 
bench and the seats of the counsel. [French 
usage.] 3. That part of the floor of a bourse 
which is reserved for the titular stockbrokers. 
[French usage.] 4. Stone &s parquetry. 
The term parqtiet was originally applied to floors which 
were framed in compartments of about three feet square, 
each divided into small square or lozenge panels, with the 
panels grooved in so as to be flush on the upper surface. 
Now the term covers four methods of laying them, and may 
Include any desired pattern or number of colored woods. 
Art Age, IV. 48. 
II. a. Composed of parquetry : as, a parquet 
floor. 
parquet (par-kef), r. t.; pret. and pp. parquet- 
ted, ppr. parquetting. [< F. parqueter, floor, < 
parquet, an inlaid floor : see parquet.] To form 
or work in parquetry; inlay in wood arranged 
in a pattern. 
One room parqufttrd with yew, which I llk'd well. 
Evelyn, Diary, April 18, 1680. 
parquetage (par'ket-aj), n. [< F. parquetage, 
flooring, < parqueter, floor, < parquet, an inlaid 
floor: see parquet.'] S&me as parquetry. Fair- 
holt. 
parqueterie (par-ket-e-re'), n. [F. : see par- 
quetry.] Same as par-" 
quetry. 
Marqueterle and Par- 
qufttrif Library and Draw- 
ing- Room Tables. 
Alheiurum, No. 3240. p. 
[727. 
parquetry (par'ket- 
ri), . [(F.parquetf- 
rie, the making of in- 
laid flooring, inlaid 
flooring. < parqueter. 
floor with small pieces 
of wood fitted toge- 
ther: see parquetage . ] A mosaic of woodwork 
used for floors, wainscoting, and the like. The 
parr aqua 
pieces are nearly always bounded by straight lines, and 
the patterns are simple ; there an nuuijr different ways 
of uniting the different pieces and of securing the whole 
together. See quotation under pan/vet, 4. 
parquette, n. and a. See parquet. 
parr, par (pa>)> n. [Prob. so called from the 
cross-bars (parr-marks) on its sides : see par 1 .] 
1. A young salmon having dark cross-bars and 
Parr (Salmo tatar). 
spots on the sides, not yet ready to go down to 
the sea; a brandling. A parr becomes, in the 
next stage of growth, a sraolt. 
The ruthless pike Intent on war, 
The silver eel, and mottled par. 
Ode to Ltven-Water (B. Clinker), II. 82. (Dane*.) 
"Eachlu resembles Oonachar," said the Glover, "no 
more than a salmon resembles a par, though men say they 
are the same Ash in a different state." 
Scott, Fair Maid of Perth, xxix. 
2. By extension, the young of some other fishes, 
as the codfish, of corresponding age. 
Parra (par'S), . [NL., < L.parro, a barn-owl.] 
The typical genus of I'arridse, having the wing 
spurred, and naked skin-flaps about the base of 
the bill ; the jacanas : synonymous with Jacana. 
See cut under jacana. 
parrakeet (par'a-ket), n. [Also parakeet, and 
paralceeto, paraquito, paraquita; also, after F., 
paroquet, parroquet, paroquet, perroquet, < F. 
perroquet, OF. also parroquet = It. parroc- 
chetto, perrocchetto, parrucchetto ; < Sp. Pg. 
periquito, dim. of Sp. (not Pg.) perico, a par- 
rot; appar. lit. 'little Peter,' < Pedro, < L. Pe- 
trux, Peter, < Gr. nirpof, Peter, irtrpos, a rock: 
see pier, and ct. petrel 1 . Cf. also parrot.] 1. A 
parrot; especially, a small parrot; one of many 
different birds of the family Paittacidx dis- 
tinguished from macaws, cockatoos, lories, and 
certain parrots proper. The parrots most frequent- 
ly called pnrrakcets are undersized, with comparatively 
slender body and long cuneate tail, as those of the genera 
Palteornit, Platycfrcus, Pezopnrus, Mflopsittacun, Euphe- 
inn, Symphicut, etc., of the Old World, and Conunu of 
the New. They are thus distinguished from the larger, 
heavy-bodied parrots with short tails, as species of I'rii- 
Jss 
Ground-parrakeet 
i n r n* proper. The common parrakeet of the United States 
is Conunu carolintngu, green varied with red and yellow. 
The commonest parrakeet in India is the rose-ringed, 
Pabfomis torquatuf. The rosella or nonpareil parrakeet 
is Platucercut eximius, a very beautiful bird, chiefly red 
and blue. Nymphicut norxhottandur Is the crested par- 
rakeet, or parrakeet-cockatoo. around-parrakeetsareAus- 
tralian species of Petopona, as P. Jormonu. Orass-parra- 
keets belong to the genus Euphftna. The warbling or 
zebra grass- parrakoet Is Mtloptittacu* undulatut. Hang- 
Ing-parrakeets are certain lories. (See lory.) Various 
loveoirds are often called pamkeets. See the technical 
names. See also cuts under Agapmiit, Conunu, coretla, 
Euphema, and Melaprittacuf. 
I would not give my Paroquet 
For all the Doves that ever flew. 
Prior, The Dove, st 23. 
2. A fish of the genus Crenilabrvn; a parrot- 
wrasse. 
Some Crenilahri are so brilliant that they are called In 
Rome Fapagelli or I'arrakrftt. 
Kiehardton, Museum Nat Hist, p. 119. 
parral (par'al), n. Same as parrel, 2. 
parraqua (par'a-kwft), n. [8. Amer. name of 
the bin! called Pnastianus motmot by Gmelin, 
and /'. iMirnii/iiH by Latham.] A gnan of the 
genus Ortalida. The Texan parraqua is the 
chachalaca. See cut under yuan. 
