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ass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. -- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]

To write a parody upon; to burlesque. I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. Pope.

A poem in honor of a virgin. [Obs.]

ination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting. Roget.

Here and there; everywhere; as, this word occurs passim in the poem.

A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic. A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life. Rambler.

th of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry. The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T. Warton.

A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. Shak. In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." Shak. -- Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.

To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic] So honor peereth in the meanest habit. Shak. See how his gorget peers above his gown! B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.

con. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration. Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace. Byron.

Strong of wing; strong on the wing. [Poetic] Davies (Holy Roode).

The science or art of punishment. [Written also poenology.]

Destitute of people. Poe.

Firmly determined; unawed. [Poetic] Shak. Peremptory challenge (Law) See under Challenge. -- Peremptory mandamus, a final and absolute mandamus. -- Peremptory plea, a plea by a defendant tending to impeach the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar.

To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. Chesterfield.

Without a phase, or visible form. [R.] "A phaseless and increasing gloom." Poe.

Same as Philomela, the nightingale. [Poetic] Milton. Cowper.

The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. [Poetic] Pope. Tennyson.

A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.