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see def. 2 below), or dashes. "Seldom mentioned without a derogatory parenthesis." Sir T. Browne. Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you away into a long parenthesis. Watts.

Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

"No parity of principle." De Quincey. Equality of length and parity of numeration. Sir T. Browne.

In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed. Sir T. Browne.

ng from one to another; in circulation; current. [Obs.] Many opinions are passant. Sir T. Browne.

classes; a provincial form of speech. The jargon and patois of several provinces. Sir T. Browne.

To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Patron; protecting; favoring. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood. Sir T. Browne.

A fish whose bone Sir T. Browne.

Interlaced, like two combs. [R.] "Our fingers pectinated, or shut together." Sir T. Browne. Pectinate claw (Zoöl.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.

The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated. Sir T. Browne.

his pedantry of quotation." Cowley. 'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. Sir T. Browne.

Same as Brownian movement, under Brownian.

Going on foot; not winged. [Obs.] "Pedestrious animals." Sir T. Browne.

ssed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. Sir T. Browne. Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. Fuller.

The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment. Sir T. Browne.

The state or quality of being pendulous. Sir T. Browne.

In the form of a pentagon; with five angles. Sir T. Browne.

A pentagon. [R.] Sir T. Browne.