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The figures in Norfini’s engravings, after Tempefta, are 
correctly drawn, and executed in a finiftied ftyle, for that 
mode of art. 
IJ'abella Parafule, the wife of Leonardo, was a woman 
of great ingenuity ; and compofed a book of patterns for 
lace and embroidery, the prints of which fhe engraved on 
wood. She likewife did a great number of plants for a 
Herbal of Prince Cefi, of Aquafparta. 
Bernardo Norjini, their for., likewife engraved on wood; 
he had alfo begun to make fome progrefs in painting, 
when he died at an early age. 
Jerminica Pardfole, a lady of the fame family, equally 
difting'uifhed herfelf by engraving on wood ; and there is 
by her hand a large print of the Battle of the Centaurs, 
from Tempefta; it is coarfely executed, though with 
much fpirit, 
PARASO'PIAS, in ancient geography, a country of 
Greece, in Theflaly, between Afophus and Sparchius, 
and above Heraclea. Strabo.' 
PARASTA'TA, f. in ancient architecture, a kind of 
pier, or piedroit, ferving as a defence of fupport to a 
column or arch. Evelyn makes the paraftata the fame 
with pilafter; Barbara, and others, the fame with anta; 
and Daviler, the fame with piedroit. 
Parastata, in anatomy. See that article. 
PAR'ASU RA'MA, in Hindoo mythology, is one of 
the ten grand incarnations of their deity Vilhnu. On 
this occafioti he was born the for. of a pious Brahman 
named Jamadagni, and his wife Runega. This avatara, 
or incarnation, is faid to have taken place in Agra, for 
the purpofe of relieving mankind from a military govern¬ 
ment which had become infupportably oppreffive. Pa- 
rafu Rama fought twenty battles with one of the oppref- 
five rajas, flew him, and extirpated the race. After a life 
fpent in mighty and holy deeds, Rama gave his whole 
property in alms, and retired to the Kokan, or Concan, 
the low country between Surat and the Southern Cape, 
though not the whole extent of this tract, where the 
Hindoos fay he is ftill living. In pictures, this Rama 
(for there are three of this name whofe exploits form the 
fubjeft. of the Ramayana) is ufually reprefented two- 
armed, holding a battle axe and a lotus, combating hia 
twenty-armed foe Raja Diruj. The epithet parqfu, dif- 
tinguifhingly prefixed to the name of this hero, means a 
fword, and denotes his warlike character. Some authori¬ 
ties fay that Rama was educated by Siva; and, going one 
day to pay his refpedfs on Kailala, lie was prevented from 
entering by Genefa, or Pollear, whom he knew not. En¬ 
raged at his infolence, lie wrenched a fcimeter from his 
hand, and cut oft’his head, and was hence furnamed Pa- 
rafu, “ the cutter-off.” See PoimEAR and Rama. 
PARASYNEX'IS,/. [Greek.] In the civil law, a con¬ 
venticle, or unlawful meeting. 
PARATE'CA, a town of Brafil, on the Francifco: 
240 miles fouth-weft of St. Salvador. 
PARATEL'LA, town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 
Condapilly : five miles north of Condapilly. 
PARATH'ESIS, J. in the Greek church, the prayer 
which the bilhop rehearfes to the catechumens, ftretch- 
ing his hands over them to give them benediction ; and 
which they receive, bowing their heads under his hands. 
Parathesjs, in grammar, ftgnines appofition ; or a 
figure whereby two or more fubftantives are put in the 
fame cafe. 
PARATHRE'MA,/ [from wapa, and a joint.] 
In furgery, a luxation or diflocation. AUo a tumour 
caufed by a protrufion of parts; a rupture, or hernia. 
PARATIA'NAS, in ancient geography, a town of Africa, 
in Mauritania Caefarienfis, on the route from Lemna to 
Hippona, between Ruficades and Calucitena, according to 
the Itin. of Antonine. 
PAR AT I L'M US,/ [Greek; of w«r«rA^£ it, to tear, or 
pluck up.] In the ancient Greek jurifprudence, a name 
given to a fort of punifhment impoled on adulterers who 
were poor, and unable to pay the common penalty. It 
PAR 
confifted either in making them run a horfe-radifh up the 
anus, or in tearing up by the roots the hair about the pri¬ 
vate parts. 
PARATIN'GA. See Xingu. 
PAR'ATITLES, f. Short notes, orfummaries of the 
titles of the Digeft and Code; which have been made by 
feveral lawyers, in order to compare and examine the con¬ 
nexion of the feveral parts with one another.—We have 
Paratitles of Cujas, of Maran,&c. Chaffaneus has a com¬ 
ment on the Paratitles of Cujas. Chambers. 
PARATO'LA, a town of Bengal; eight miles fouth- 
fouth-weft from Iflamabad, 
PARATOU'NKA, an oftrogof Kamtchatka, on a river 
which runs into the Avatcha : ten miles weft of St. Peter 
and St. Paul. 
PAR'ATURE, /! [from the Lat. paratus , made ready.] 
A preparation. Cole. 
PAR'AVAIL, adj. [Fr. per and ampler, to difmifs.] 
An epithet for the loweft tenant of a fee.—The king was 
ftiled lord paramount; A was both tenant and lord, or 
was a mefne lord; and B was called tenant pa rami! , or 
the loweft tenant; being he who is fuppofed to make 
avail or profit of the land. BlackJlone.—'Lp t the pope no 
longer count hitnfelf lord paramount over the princes of 
the world, no longer hold kings as his fervants parmai! 
Hooker's Difc. of Jujlification, 1612, 
PARAVAN'GAH, two fmall iflands near the coaft of 
Bengal. Lat. 22. 50. N. Ion, 89. 35. E. 
PARAVA'NI, a town of Turkifn Armenia: fifty miles 
eaft-fouth-eaft of Akalzike. 
PARAVAU'NT, ctdv. [par avant, Fr.] Publicly; in 
front. Obj'otele. 
That fair one, 
That in the midft was placed par a vaunt, 
Was fne to whom that fhepherd pip’d alone. Spencer. 
PAR AU'TE, a town of South America, in the province 
of Venezuela, on lake Maracaybo; eighty miles fouth of 
Venezuela. 
PARAWA', a town of India, on the route from Agra 
to Oujein ; fourteen miles and a half north-weft from 
Soofneer. The foil in i:s vicinity is black and fpongy, 
like moft of Malava or Malwa, but little cultivated. The 
diftrift dependent on this town yields one lack of rupees 
annually. Afiatic HeJ'earc/ies, vol. vi, 
PARA'Y LE MONIAL', a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Saone and Loire, near the river Bourbince: 
fix miles weft of Charolles, and fixteen eaft-fouth-eaft of 
Bourbon Lancy. Lat. 46. 27. N. Ion, 4. 12. E. 
PARAZO'NIUM,yi among medalifts,a (cep t re rounded 
at the two ends in form of a truncheon, or commander’s 
ftaff; or a kind of poignard, or (hort fword, reprefented 
as worn at the girdle, on feveral ancient medals.—Anti¬ 
quaries are much divided on the explication of the para- 
zonium ; as, indeed, the form and manner of bearing it 
are very different. It is fometimes thrown acrofs the 
(boulders in manner of a quiver. Chambers. 
PARBOSE'NA, in ancient geography, a town of Afia, 
in the environs of Cappadocia, upon the route from Tavia 
to Sebafte, between Sibora and Garni ana, according to the 
Itinerary of Antonine. 
PAR'BAR, f. [Hebrew.] A gate or building belonging 
to the temple. AJh. 
To PAR'BOIL, v. a. [parbouillir, Fr. from the Lat. 
parixm, a little, and bullive, to boil.] To half-boil; to boil 
in part, or (lightly.— Parboil two large capons upon a 
foft fire, by the (pace of an hour, till, in effeft, all the 
blood begone. Bacon. 
From the fea into the (hip we turn, 
Like parboil'd wretches on the coals to burn. Donne. 
To PAR'BREAK, v.n, [ Braekcn , Teut. to vomit; 
braecke, naufea ; par feems to be an arbitrary prefix.] To 
vomit. Obfolcte, 
And virulently difgorged, 
As though ye wold parbreah Shelton's Poems. 
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