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Changing color by exposure Mohs.

A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.

o the Holy Spirit. From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of the Paraclete given him by Christ. Bp. Pearson.

See Parclose.

Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper. Dunglison.

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids.

A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as a colorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia.

A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.

A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem. Brande & C.

A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide.

Same as Cymene.

The side of a toe or finger.

uipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.

An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] "The paradigms and patterns of all things." Cudworth.

A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of Christian excellence.

Exemplary. -- Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]

To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] Hammond.

Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal. "Paradisaical pleasures." Gray.

Paradisiacal.

The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. Longfellow.