parlando, parlante

& adv. [Ital.] Mus.: Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative. *par-lant, s . [Fr., pr. par. of parler =to speak.) One who speaks, discu es, or discourses. parle, s. [PARLEY.] 1. Speech. ( Scotch.) "A tocher's nae word in a true lover's parle , But, give me my love, and a fig for the warl'!" Burns: Meg o' the Mill. *2. A conference with a view to coming to an agreement; a parley. "The great Turke sent to have a communication and parle."- Hackluyt : Voyager , ii. 90. *parle, v . i . [PARLE, 8.] To talk, to converse, to speak; to enter into a conference; to parley. "They began to parle upon composition."- North : Plu tarch , p. 179. *par-le-cüe, par-ley-cüe, v . t . or i . [Fr. par ler à queue to speak at the tail.] In the Presby. terian Church, to recapitulate, as the minister of a congregation, the substance of the addre es given by his brother-ministers, who have come to help him. *par-le-cue, par-ley-cue, s . [PARLECUE, v.] A recapitulation of discourses previously delivered. *parle-ment, s. [French=speaking; parler = to speak.] [PARLIAMENT.] 1. A conference, a consultation. "He sent to his barrons a parlement to hold " Robert de Brunne, p. 244. 2. A place for conference or consultation. *parlesy, *parles i, *parles ye, s. [PARALYSIS.] Society.] Palæont.: According to Carpenter a genus of Imperforate Foraminifera, occurring in the Upper Greensand of Britain in the form of spheres, some times over an inch in diameter. According to Carter, Parker i a is a Hydrozoon allied to the recent Hydractinia.