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PARAGON, _s._ A rich cloth imported from Turkey.
_Watson._
Fr. _parangon de Venise_, id.
PARAMUDDLE, _s._ The red tripe of cattle, the atomasum, S. B.
_To_ PARBREAK, _v. n._ To puke.
V. ~Braik~, _v._ and ~Braking~.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ PARE, PAIR, PEYR, _v. a._ To impair.
_Douglas._
Fr. _pire_, _pejeur_, worse; Lat. _pejor_.
PAREGALE, PARIGAL, _adj._ Completely equal.
_Douglas._
Fr. _par_, used as a superl. and _egal_, equal.
_To_ PARIFY, _v. a._ To compare.
Lat. _par_ and _fio_.
_Wyntown._
_To_ PARIFY, _v. a._ To protect.
_Wyntown._
PARITCH, PARRITCH, _s._ Porridge, hasty pudding, S.
_Burns._
_To_ PARK, _v. n._ To perch.
_Douglas._
Fr. _perch-er_, id.
PARK, _s._ A wood; as, a _fir park_, S.
A. S. _pearroc_, Su. G. _park_, an inclosure.
PARK, _s._ A pole, a perch.
_Douglas._
Fr. _perche_, id.
PARLE, _s._ Speech, S. O.
_Burns._
Fr. _parler_, id.
PARLOUR, _s._ Discourse.
_Pal. Hon._
Fr. _parleure_, id.
PAROCHIN, _s._ Parish, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Lat. _paroecia_, id.
~Parochiner~, _s._ A paris.h.i.+oner.
_Acts Ja. VI._
PARPANE, PERPEN, _s._ A wall in general, or a part.i.tion.
_Henrysone._
O. Fr. _parpaigne_, a stone which traverses the wall.
PARROK, _s._ A small inclosure, Dumfr.
