Parapet

paria-pet, n. a rampart breast-high a breast-high wall on a bridge, —adj. Par ftpetod, having a parapet. {Lit. a protection for the breast, Fr.— It. parapet to— para-re, to adorn, to protect—L parare, to prepare ^sec Parry and It. petto — L. pectus the breast' (see Pectoral]. Cf. Parasol Paraphernalia, par-a-fcr-nalVa, n pi that which a bride brings over and above her dowry the clothes, jewels, which a wife po e es beyond her dowry in her own right ornaments of dre generally: trappings. [L pampherua — Gr., from para, beyond, and pJwrue, a dowry— phero, to bring E. Bear, v /.] Paraphrase, paFa-fraz, n a saying of the same thing in other words: an explanation of a pa age a loose or free translation — v.t to say ihe same thing in other words: to render more fully: to interpret or translate freely — >i to make a paraphrase. [Kr. — L.— Gr. paraph ras is, para. beside, and phrasis, a speaking- -phrazd, to speak. See Phrase Paraphrast, paria-frast, one who paraphrases Paraphrastic, par-a-fras i'ik, Paraphrastical, par-a-frast'ik-al, adj of the nature of a paraphrase: clear and ample in explanation tree, loose, diffuse. adv. Parapbrast'ically. Parasite, par'a-slt, «. one who frequents another’s table a hanger-on pot a plant nourished by the juices of another, \zool an animal which lives on another Par'asitism. [Lit ‘one who feeds with another,’ Fr L. pa rust — Gr. parasites—para, beside, and utos, com, food.] Parasitic, par-a-sit'ik, Parasitical, par-a-sit'ik-al, adj. like a parasite: fawning, living on other plants or animals. adv. Parasit'ically Paraaol, par'a-sol, u. a small umbrella used as a shade from the sun. [Fr. — It pur asole par an to hold or keep off— L. Pare, to prepare, and sol, sol is, the sun. See Parapet and Parry