parsimon, parcimonie

[Fr. pars i monie, from Lat. par simon i a, parcimonia, from parcus =sparing; parco =to spare.] Sparingne in expenditure; a disposition to avoid expense; frugality, generally in a bad sense; niggardline , stingine , miserline , closene in money matters. "Parsimony, and not industry, is the immediate cause of the increase of capital; industry, indeed, provides the subject which parsimony accumulates; but whatever industry might acquire, if parsimony did not save and store up, the capital would never be the greater."-Smith: Wealth of Nations, bk. ii., ch. iii. pars-ley, *parse-ley, *parsely, *perse-lee, *perse-ly, *per-sil, *per-sylle, s . [Fr. persil , from Low Lat. petrosillum , contr. from Lat. pet rose linum =rock-parsley; Gr. pet rose lin on , from petros =a rock, and selinon a kind of parsley (whence Eng. celery); Dut. pie terse lie, Ger. peters i lie; Dan. peter sile.] Botany & Horticulture : 1. Carum pet rose linum or Pet rose linum sativum. The leaves are tripinnate, the flowers yellow. Found on walls, and in waste places, as a garden escape. There are three leading varieties of the plant, the Common or Plain-leaved, the Curled, and the Hamburg sage or Carrot-rooted parsely. The second is that more generally cultivated as a culinary vegetable; sheep feeding upon it are said to be le liable than others to the rot. 2. Various plants more or le resembling No. 1, such as Beaked parsley [ANTHRISCus]; Bur parsley, Caucalis daucoides ; Corn parsley, Carum segetum ; Fool's parsley [ETHUSA]; Hedge parsley, Caucalis ( torilis ) anthriscus , and Milk parsley, Peucedanum palustre . parsley-fern, s. Bot.: Crypto gramma crisp a. parsley-piest, s. Bot .: (1) Alchemilla aphanes; (2) Erica aphanes . pars-nip, *pars-nep, *pas-neppe, *parsenip, s. [A corrupt. of O. Fr. pastenaque , from Lat. pastinaca a parsnip.] Bot .: Peucedinum sativum , or Pastinaca sativa . Leaves pinnate, leaflets se ile, ovate, inciso-serrate, flowers bright yellow. The boiled root is eaten as a vegetable; sheep and oxen fatten rapidly upon it; a kind of wine may be made from it; its seeds are aromatic and contain an e ential oil. IMG:content-0680.png:[blocks in formation] i., ch. i. IMG:content-0681.png:[blocks in formation] is then turned over, the false part destroyed, and the parting made. 2. Mathematics: sons. 2. Written by or in the manner of a parson. "Ye deaf to truth! peruse this parsoned page, And trust, for once, a prophet and a priest.' Young: Night Thoughts , iv. 840. Married and Parsoned : An English colloquial expre ion, signifying that all the nece ary rites have been performed. A little parson; the son of a parson. *par-son-ět, s. [Eng. parson; dim in. suff. -et.] "Sweet, little, ruddy, ragged parsonets ." Colman: Poetical Vagaries , p. 138. par-son-Ic, par-son-Ic-al, a. [Eng. parson; -ic , -ical .] 1. Of or pertaining to a parson or parsons; cleri cal. "In calm, parsonic state." -Combe: Dr. Syntax, iii. 5. 2. Like a parson. "There is a big lighthouse, called the North Foreland, on hill behind the village, a severe parsonic light which reproves the young and giddy floaters." - Dickens : Letters , iii. 53. par-son-Ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. parsonical; -ly.] In manner of a parson. ( Chesterfield.) par-son-Ish, a . [Eng. parson : -ish.] Pertaining to or resembling a parson. ( Colloquial .) par-son-se-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. parsons (ia); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ .] Bot .: A tribe of Apocynacese. Ovary single, two celled; seeds comose. ( Lindley .)