| paris | <botany> A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic. It much resembles the American genus Trillium, but has usually four leaves and a tetramerous flower. Origin: From Paris, the son of Priam. The chief city of France. Paris green. <chemistry> See Green, Paris white, purified chalk used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Paris green | Cupric acetoarsenite, used as an insecticide and as a pigment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paris line | A unit of microscopic measurement as used in Kolliker's Mikroskopische Anatomie; it was equal to 0.0888138 of an inch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paris yellow | A fine yellow powder used in paints and dyes. Synonym: lead chromate, Leipzig yellow, lemon yellow, Paris yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parish | 1. That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc. Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under various parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical districts for spiritual purposes. 2. An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. 3. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States. Origin: OE. Parishe, paresche, parosche, OF. Paroisse, parosse, paroiche, F. Paroisse, L. Parochia, corrupted fr. Paroecia, Gr, fr. Dwelling beside or near; beside + a house, dwelling; akin to L. Vicus village. See Vicinity, and cf. Parochial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parisienne | A female native or resident of Paris. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parisology | <study> The use of equivocal or ambiguous words. Origin: Gr. Almost equal, evenly balanced. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plaster of Paris disease | Atrophy of bone in a limb which has been encased for some time in a plaster of Paris splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
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