paring plow (paringplou)

In agri., a plow for cutting sods or turfs from the surface of the ground; a sod-plow. E. H. Knight. paring-spade (par'ing-spad), n. A breast plow. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] par i pa u (pā'ri pas'ū). [L.: par i, abl. of par, equal; pa u, abl. of pa us, step, pace: see par2 and pace1.] With equal pace or progre ; side by side; in complete accord; in law, equally in proportion; without preference; ⚫ pro rata. paripinnate (par-i-pin'āt), a. [L. par, equal, + pinnatus, winged.] In bot., equally pinnate; abruptly pinnate. See cut funder leaf. Compare imparipinnate.