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The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier.

the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. Gray. -- Mountain sparrow (Zoöl.), the European tree sparrow. -- Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach. -- Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant (Arnica montana) of Europe; called also leopard's bane. -- Mountain witch (Zoöl.), a ground pigeon…

The male of the sparrow hawk.

A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.

Rhythm; harmony; flow. [Obs.] The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear. S. Parr.

Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium. Parr.

), a very large moth (Erebus strix). The expanse of its wings is over ten inches. -- Owl parrot (Zoöl.), the kakapo. -- Sea owl (Zoöl.), the lumpfish. -- Owl train, a cant name for certain railway trains whose run is in the nighttime.

Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.

The chaparral cock.

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Same as Parrakeet.

See Parrakeet.

One who kills one's own parent; a parricide. [R.]

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.

Of or pertaining to patricide; parricidal.

The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.

An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.

The European hedge sparrow.

The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]

s of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.