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Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence. Parol arrest (Law), an arrest in pursuance of a verbal order from a magistrate. -- Parol contract (Law), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract. Chitty. Story.…

nst one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. Macaulay.

A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.

A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.

Paronomasia. [R.] B. Jonson.

A whitlow, or felon. Quincy.

A paronymous word. [Written also paronyme.]

Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.

The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.

A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

Same as Parrakeet. [Written also paroket, parroquet, and perroquet.] Paroquet auk or auklet (Zoöl.), a small auk (Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus) inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red. Called also perroquet auk.

The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body.

Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification.

Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.

Pertaining to parostosis.

On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear. Parotic region (Zoöl.), the space around the ears.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland. Parotid gland (Anat.), one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear. It is the largest of the salivary glands in man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the second molar of the upper jaw.

Inflammation of the parotid glands. Epidemic, or Infectious, parotitis, mumps.

Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs. -- n.