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By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words. [Obs.] For par amour, I loved her first ere thou. Chaucer.

A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water.

Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline. [Obs.]

Mental derangement; insanity.

Of or pertaining to paranoia; affected with, or characteristic of, paranoia.

An inert isomeric modification of anthracene.

Some as Nucleolus.

A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride. Milton.

Bridal; nuptial. [R.] At some paranymphal feast. Ford.

A gelatinous modification of pectin.

An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.

An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.

A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.

Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.

Having a parapet.

To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials.

The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.

Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property. Kent.

Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again.