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Antiq.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

A pavement. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.

Ornament; decoration. Beau. & Fl.

A parleying; a discussion; a conference. [Obs.] But first they held their parliament. Rom. of R.

Parliamentary. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to Parliament. Wood.

In a parliamentary manner.

Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. Bacon.

Like parchment.

In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone.

A ligament, of fascia, extending, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.

cially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. "O woeful sympathy; piteous predicament!" Shak.

Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall (1646).

A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.

That which is excreted; excretion. [Obs.]

The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See Endocarp.

A scraping; a shaving. [Obs.]

Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. Gray.

Covered with ramenta.