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v. t. To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park. [ R. ] Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set at large; to release from inclosure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till his free muse threw down the pale,
And did at once dispark them all. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. desparpeillier. ] To scatter abroad. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. em- + park: cf. OF. emparchier, emparkier. Cf. Impark. ] To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imparked p. pr. & vb. n. Imparking. ] [ Cf. Empark. ] To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . impark them [ the sheep ] within hurdles. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An area designated in zoning regulations to be used by industry, often located in a suburban area, and having some park-like sections. [ PJC ]

. A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across a permanent gap. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To exceed in sparkling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To park (a vehicle) parallel to the curb; -- contrasted with angle-park; as, to get a driver's license, one needs to be able to parallel-park. [ PJC ]

n. The act or process of parking parallel to the curb; -- contrasted with angle-parking. [ PJC ]

n. [ AS. pearroc, or perh. rather fr. F. parc; both being of the same origin; cf. LL. parcus, parricus, Ir. & Gael. pairc, W. park, parwg. Cf. Paddock an inclosure, Parrock. ] 1. (Eng. Law) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

While in the park I sing, the listening deer
Attend my passion, and forget to fear. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown. [ Written also parc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Any place where vehicles are assembled according to a definite arrangement; also, the vehicles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. A position of the gear lever in a vehicle with automatic transmission, used when the vehicle is stopped, in which the transmission is in neutral and a brake is engaged. [ PJC ]

Park of artillery. See under Artillery. --
Park phaeton, a small, low carriage, for use in parks. --
industrial park a region located typically in a suburban or rural area, zoned by law for specific types of business use (as, retail business, light industry, and sometimes heavy industry), often having some parklike characteristics, and having businesses, parking lots, and sometimes recreation areas and restaurants. The sponsoring agency may also provide supporting facilities, such as water towers, office buildings, or for large industrial parks, an airport. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Parked p. pr. & vb. n. Parking. ] 1. To inclose in a park, or as in a park. [ 1913 Webster ]

How are we parked, and bounded in a pale. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. In oyster culture, to inclose in a park. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. To bring (a vehicle) to a stop and leave it standing; -- typically a parked vehicle is off of the public road, the motor is not running, and the driver has left the vehicle. a vehicle stopped but still running with the driver in it is said to be standing. parallel-park [ PJC ]

5. To place (an object) in a temporary location; as, to park oneself on the couch; to park one's money in a mutual fund. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

v. i. 1. To promenade or drive in a park; also, of horses, to display style or gait on a park drive. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To come to a stop [ in a vehicle ] off of the public road and leave the vehicle standing; -- typically the motor of a parked vehicle is not left running; as, he parked in a no-parking zone. [ PJC ]

adj. p. p. of park, v. t., 2; -- of vehicles; as, there were four parked cars across the street. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. [ Russ. parka, parki, dim. of para a pair, fr. G. paar, L. par. Cf. Pair. ] 1. An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A coat with a fur lining and a hood, used for protection in very cold weather. [ PJC. ]

3. Hence: Any of a variety of jackets with attached hoods, usually of very warm or waterproof construction so as to provide protection from cold or rainy weather. [ PJC. ]

n. The keeper of a park. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British zoologist. ] (Zool.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of ferns coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes it is included in the family Polypodiaceae.
Syn. -- family Parkeriaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ So called from Mr. Parkes, the inventor. ] A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of tropical Old World trees, including the nitta trees.
Syn. -- genus Parkia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A space or spaces in which a vehicle can be parked; as, there is plenty of parking behind the store. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees.
Syn. -- genus Parkinsonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A degenerative nervous disorder occurring mostly in persons older than 60 years, characterized in advanced stages by rhythmic muscular tremors, especially in the hands, and by rigidity of movement, a drooping posture, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression; the term designates a set of symptoms, and the underlying disease causing these symptoms is most commonly Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism results from a deficiency in the neurotransmitter dopamine caused by degeneration of the cells producing that agent. It can be mitigated by chemotherapy with agents such as levodopa (3-hydroxy-L-tyrosine).
Syn. -- paralysis agitans, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinson's, shaking palsy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A Mayo Clinic study finds parkinsonism, a group of ailments that includes Parkinson's disease, is three times more common than previously thought and men are more likely to develop it than women.
The study, published Tuesday in the journal Neurology, found the lifetime risk of developing parkinsonism is 7.5 percent, three times higher than previously thought. UPI (Jan. 2, 1999) [ PJC ]

prop. n. A disease causing parkinsonism, a degenerative nervous disorder; sometimes used loosely as a synonym for parkinsonism. More precisely, parkinson's disease is the term for the underlying physiological disorder and parkinsonism is the term for the set of symptoms associated with the disease. See parkinsonism.
Syn. -- paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease syndrome, shaking palsy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Parkinson's disease is the most common form of parkinsonism, a group of disorders that are the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. Mayo Clinic (Report, 1999) [ PJC ]

According to the National Parkinson's Foundation (NPF), 1 million Americans -- including former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and television and film star Michael J. Fox -- are affected by Parkinson's disease. Mayo Clinic (Report, 1999) [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wide scenic road planted with trees.
Syn. -- drive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Cold; -- of weather. [ British informal ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. spragëti, Gr. &unr_; a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph&unr_;rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Speak. ] 1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job v. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. “If any spark of life be yet remaining.” Shak. “Small intellectual spark.” Macaulay. “Vital spark of heavenly flame.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also spark consumer. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. sparkr lively, sprightly. ] 1. A brisk, showy, gay man. [ 1913 Webster ]

The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lover; a gallant; a beau. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To sparkle. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Elec.) To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To play the spark, beau, or lover. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, sparking, within. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) (a) An induction coil used for producing sparks, esp. in an internal-combustion engine, wireless telegraph apparatus, etc. (b) A self-induction coil used to increase the spark in an electric gas-lighting apparatus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A spark arrester. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lively; brisk; gay. [ Obs. ] “Our sparkful youth.” Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) The space filled with air or other dielectric between high potential terminals (as of an electrostatic machine, induction coil, or condenser), through which the discharge passes; the air gap of a jump spark. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Like a spark; airy; gay. W. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Showy; well-dresed; fine. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of spark. ] 1. A little spark; a scintillation. [ 1913 Webster ]

As fire is wont to quicken and go
From a sparkle sprungen amiss,
Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sparkled p. pr. & vb. n. Sparkling ] [ See Sparkle, n., Spark of fire. ] 1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging
Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. “Did sparkle forth great light.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Sparble. ] 1. To disperse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise. State Papers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To scatter on or over. [ Obs. ] Purchas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, sparkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A tiger beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small spark. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Vivacity. [ Obs. ] Aubrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- Spar"kling*ly, adv. -- Spar"kling*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Brilliant; shining. See Shining. [ 1913 Webster ]