parchmenty (parchment i)

[ The wings of the anterior pair are usually of parchmenty consistence. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., § 639. parcialt, a . An obsolete form of partial . parcidentate (pär-si-den'tāt), a. [L. parcus , sparing, scanty, + dentatus , toothed: see den tate.] In zool ., having few teeth or dentate proce es: opposed to plu rident ate . parcimonioust, parcimonyt. Obsolete forms of parsimonious, parsimony. parcitył (pär'si-ti), n. [OF. parcite = Sp. par cidad = It. parcità, = parclose, n. See per close . pard1 (pärd), п. [= F. pard , parde = Sp. Pg. It. par do MHG. parde , part , G. parder , pardel (cf. pardale ), pardu pard us , πάρδαλις , πόρδαλις , the the pard (either leopard, panther, panther, or ounce); an Eastern word; ef. Pers. pārs , pārsh , a pard, pars , pars , a a panpan- ther. Hence, in comp., camelopard , leopard .] The leopard or panther. Lions and bloody pards are Mars's servants. Fletcher (and Mas singer ?), Lovers' Progre , ii. 3. Striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard . Keats , Lamia, i.