partridgeberry (partrijber"i)

1. A trailing plant, Mitchell a repens. It is a smooth herb, with round-ovate evergreen leaves, the paired flowers white, tinged with purple, bearded within, and fragrant. It is common throughout the woods of eastern North America, reaching to Mexico. Its little twin flowers of early sum Flowering Plant of Partridge-berry ( Mitchell a repens). a, a leaf, showing the nervation; b , a flower with long stamens; c, a flower with long style; d, the fruit. cabinet-wood obtained from the West Indies and South America. It is of a reddish color, beautifully marked with darker-colored parallel lines and streaks. It is sufficiently tough to be used for umbrella sticks, etc. It appears to be the product of Andira iner mis, and perhaps of several other leguminous trees. part-singing (pärt's ing"ing), n. In music, the act, theory, or result of singing in harmony that is, with two or more independent parts or voices; choral singing: opposed to solo - singing. Technically the term is usually restricted to unaccompanied singing, and frequently to singing by male voices only. part-song (pärt' sông), n. In music, a vocal composition for two or more independent voices or parts; loosely, a glee or madrigal, and sometimes a round or catch. Part-songs are usually meant to be sung without accompaniment. The part-song being e entially a melody with choral harmony, the upper part is in one sense the most important. Grove's Dict. Music, II. 659. parturet (pär'tūr), n. [ part + -ure ; as if by apheresis from departure , q. v.] Departure. Thou wert he at parture who me I loathde to bid farewell. Turberville, To Spenser (Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 385). part uri ateł (pär-tū'ri-āt), v. i. [Irreg. for * par turite,