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| Parergy | n. [ L. parergon, Gr. &unr_;; para` beside + &unr_; work. ] Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Parry | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Parried p. pr. & vb. n. Parrying. ] [ F. paré, p. p. of parer. See Pare, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] Vice parries wide
The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade. [ 1913 Webster ] The French government has parried the payment of our claims. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ] | | parry | n.; pl. Parries A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter. [ 1913 Webster ] | | parry | v. i. To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | parry | (vi) ปัดป้อง, See also: หลบ, หลีก, หลบเลี่ยง, Syn. evade, sidestep | | parry | (vt) ปัดป้อง, See also: หลบ, หลีก, Syn. evade, sidestep | | parry | (n) การป้องปัด, See also: การหลบหลีก |
| | parry | (แพ'รี่) n., vi. ป้องปัด, หลบหลีก |
| | parry | (vt) หลบเลี่ยง, หลบหลีก, ปัดป้อง |
| | | | | parry | (n) (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword | | parry | (v) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball), Syn. deflect, block | | parry manzanita | (n) erect treelike shrub forming dense thickets and having drooping panicles of white or pink flowers and red berrylike drupes; California, Syn. Arctostaphylos manzanita | | parry's penstemon | (n) erect stems with pinkish-lavender flowers in long interrupted clusters; Arizona, Syn. Penstemon parryi | | parry's pinyon | (n) five-needled pinon of southern California and northern Baja California having (sometimes three-needled or four-needled showing hybridization from Pinus californiarum), Syn. Pinus quadrifolia, Pinus parryana |
| | Parry | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Parried p. pr. & vb. n. Parrying. ] [ F. paré, p. p. of parer. See Pare, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] Vice parries wide
The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade. [ 1913 Webster ] The French government has parried the payment of our claims. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ] | | parry | n.; pl. Parries A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter. [ 1913 Webster ] | | parry | v. i. To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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