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Same as Arrack.

Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades. Cf. Caracul.

Same as Parrakeet.

A train or series of kites on one string and flying tandem, used for attaining great heights and for sending up instruments for meteorological observations or a man for military reconnoissance; also, a kite of such a train.

Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet.

Var. of Karakul, a kind of fur.

Conditional. [Obs.] Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.

To mark with letters, charakters, or words. O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. Pope.

on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. -- Musk parakeet. (Zoöl.) Same as Musk lorikeet (above). -- Musk pear (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. -- Musk plant (Bot.), the Mimulus moschatus, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated,…

See Paroquet, Parakeet.