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A friction match that contains little or no sulphur.

Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. [Archaic] "A parlous snuffing." Beau. & Fl.

Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy. Parmesan cheese, a kind of cheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma, Italy.

A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.

Of or pertaining to Parnassus.

Same as Parnassian.

o and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. -- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]

The policy or principles of the Parnellites.

One of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland.

Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties. "Parochial pastors." Bp. Atterbury. Hence, limited; narrow. "The parochial mind." W. Black.

The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.

The state of being parochial. [R.] Sir J. Marriot.

To render parochial; to form into parishes.

In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Parochial. [Obs.] "Parochian churches." Bacon.

Having the character of parody. Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical. T. Warton.

One who writes a parody; one who parodies. Coleridge.

one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty. The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's "Hind and Panther" was received with great applause. Macaulay.

See Paroquet.