‖n. [ Turk., fr. Per. pārah a piece. ] A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ Gr. &unr_; to pass over. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (
n. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; to grow beside. See Para-, and -blast. ] (Biol.) A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels. C. S. Minot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the parablast;
n. [ F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. &unr_; a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. &unr_; to throw beside, compare;
Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To represent by parable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide. ] Procurable. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
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