para gran dine

[Ital., from parare = to guard against, and grand in = hail, from Latin gran do (gen it, grand in is ).] An instrument to avert occurrences of hailstorms; a paragrele. păr-a-graph, *par-a-graffe, *par-graffe, *pyl-crafte, *pil-crow, s . [Fr. paragraphe , from Low Lat. paragraphum , acc. of paragraph us =a paragraph: from Gr. paragraphos = a line or stroke drawn in the margin: para =beside, and grapho = to write; Sp., Port. & Ital. paragrafo .] [PARAPH, subst .] 1. A reference-mark [1]; a mark used to denote a division in the text; a marginal note placed to call attention in a text or to indicate a change of subject. 2. A distinct portion of a discourse; a short pa age of a work; a section of a writing or chapter păr-a-grăph-ic-al-ly, a . [Eng. paragraph ical; -ly.] By, or in, paragraphs. păr-a-graph-Ist, s . [English paragraph ; -ist.] One who writes paragraphs or brief notices. tpăr-a-graph-Ist-Ic-al, a. [ Eng. paragraph; -istical.] The same as PARAGRAPHIC (q.v.).