par encephalitis (parensefalitis)

[NL., paregoric (par-e-gor'ik), a . and n. [= F. paré- Gr. παρεγκεφαλίς , the cerebellum), παρά , be- gorique = Sp. paregórico = Pg. It. pare go rico, side, + ἐγκέφαλος, the brain.] The cerebellum. (LL. paregoric us, παρηγορικός , soothing, παρά , beside, + ἀγορεύειν , Gr. παρά , beside (ami ), + ἐγκέφαλος , the brain: speak in an a embly, ἀγορά , a embly: see agora.] I. a. In med ., mitigating; a uaging IMG:content-2344.png:[blocks in formation] It is my duty and function, perdy , to be fervent in my vocation. Dekker and Webster , Westward Ho, ii. 1. "Pardy," returned the king, "but still My joints are somewhat stiff or so." Tennyson , Day-Dream, The Revival. parel (par), v. t.; pret. and pp. pared, ppr. par ing. [ ME.paren, payren, At Juyn a floore for thre hing thus thai make: Thai pare it first, and lightly after gete Hit dolven smal, and chaf therto thay take. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. 8.), p. 158. Your nayles parde . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 76. He plants, he proins, he pares , he trimmeth round Th' ever green beauties of a fruit full ground. Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Eden. 2. To reduce by cutting away superficial parts; diminish by little and little; cut down. I lerned among Lumbar des an lewes a le oun, It [tar-water] is of admirable use in fevers, being at the same time the surest, safest, and most effectual both pare goric and cordial. Bp. Berkeley , Siris, § 75. Paregoric elixir. Same as II., 2. II. n. 1. A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne. Specifically-2. A camphorated tincture of opium, flavored with aromatics. pareilt, n. [ME. pareil , pareil , F. pareil = Pr. parelh = Pg. parelho = It. parecchio , equal, ML. pariculus , equal, par , equal: see par2. Cf. apparel , parell , from the same source.] An equal; a match. Sir Gawein armed Elizer, and Gaheries dide hym helpe, and dide on his hauberk that was of grete bounte that in all the hoste was not the pareile. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 584. We shall quickly find out more than a pareil for St. James and St. John, the Boanerges of my text. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 94.