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Show P A lent; eafily divided Thefe were converted into fens, where the ground being fpungy, fucked up the water, and the loofened earth fwelled into a foft and pappy fubftance Its tende Burnet flefh cannot, at once, b and papp State of equality PAR. n. /. [Latin. This wor equivalence ; equal value is not elegantly ufed, except as a ter of traffick To eftimate the par, it is neceflary to kno how much filver is in the coins of the two coun PARACE'NTRICAL Lafi They were not well withers unto parable phyfic or remedies eafily acquired, who derived medicine Brown from the pheenix PA'RABLE. #. f. [wacaboris parabole A fimilitude; a relation unFrench. der which, fomething elfe is figured Balaam took up his parable, and faid Numbers in the parable of the talents, our Saviour plainl teacheth us, that men are rewarded according to th Nelfon improvements they make What is thy fulforae parable to me My body is from all difeafes free PARABO'LA. ». /. [Latin. Dryden The parabola is a conick fe€tion, arifing fro a cone's being cut by a plane parallel to one of it fides, or parallel to a plane that touches one fide o Harris the cone Had the velocities of the feveral planets bee greater or lefs than they are now, at the fame difzances from the fun, they would not have revolve in concentrick circles as they do, but have move in hyperbolas or parabolas, or in ellipfes, very exBentley centrick adj. [parabolique, Fr ParaBo'LicAL. from parable. ParaBo'Lick 1. Exprefled by parable or fimilitude Such from the text decry the parabolical expofi Biown's Vulgar Errours tion of Cajetan The fcheme of thefe words is figurative, a being a parabolical defeription of God's vouchfafin to the world the invaluable blefling of the gofpel South by the fimilitude of a king th 2. Havin bola nature or form of a para [from parabola. The pellucid coat of the eye doth not lie in th fame fuperficies with the white, but rifeth up hillock above its convexity, and is of an hyperboliRay cal or parabelical figure The incident ray will deferibe, in the refractCheyne ing medium, the paralolick cuive ParaBO'LICALLY. adv. [from parabolical. 1. By way of parable or fimilitude Thefe words tended notwithftanding parabolicall in Brown admit no literal infeience 2. In the form of a parabola Para'Borism. z. /. In algebra, the divifion of the terms of an equation, b a known quantity that is invelved o multiplied in the firft term Di& Para'soL01D. 7.fo [wupabors and £de-. parabolifor curv 1 geometry whofe ordinates are fuppoled to be i fubtriplicate, fubquadruplicate, &c. ratio of their refpeétive abfciffe: ther is another fpecies; for if you fuppof the parameter, multiplied into the fquar aa['j Parace'NTRICK from circularity In their love of God, men can pe an [matga rgw. xé Deviatin otherwife we muft find outa law for the paracentrical motion Cheyrie that may make the orbits elliptic ParA'DE 1 Wha men 3. Military order The cherubim ftood arm' To their night-watches in warlike parade 4. Place where troops draw u duty and mount guard 5. Guard ; pofture of defence Accufto him to make judgmen / of men b ['wa,gocger/pa- Parap Parapo'xicaLness. # /i [from par dox. State of being paradoxical Parapoxo'Locy and hive together in cities [wagcé:)\zsa@d Perpend the difficulty, which obfcurity, oru avoidable paradoxology, muft put upon the attempter French. 1. The blifsful regions, in which the firf pair was placed Longer in that paradife to dwell The law I gave to nature him forbids 2. Any place of felicity Confideration like an angel Milton came And whipt th' offending Adam out of hi Leaving his body as a paradife " invelope and contain celeftial fpirits Shakefp If he fhould lead her into a fool's paradife It were very grofs behaviour. Shak. Romeo and Ful Why, nature, bower the fpirit ofa fien In mortal paradif of fuch fweet fleth? Shakefpeare The eart Shall all be paradife Than this of Eden far happier plac and far happier days Milton PA'RADOX. #. f. [paradoxe, French va«).®.]" A tenet contrary to re ceived opinion ; an affertion contrary t appearance a pofition in appearanc abfurd A glofle there is to colour that paradox, an Brown Paraco'Ge. n. /. [wagayuyn; paragoge A figure whereby a letie French. or fyllable is added at the end of word, without adding any thing to th Dif fenfe of it: as, waft, vaftly Pa'rRaGoON. #. [ [ paragon, from parag equality, old French; garagone, Ital. 1. A model; a pattern; fomething fupremely excellent An angel ! or, if not An earthly paragon Shakefpear Tunis was never graced before with fuch Shakefpeare's Tenpef paragon to their queen Pope paraa'zfi #. /. [from paradm The ufe of paradoxes folitary life, and forced to look about for mor people to help to bear our labours, to get int 71.,/ XICALLY. adv, [frompama'm. upon advancing paradoxes, and proving them paradoxically, they are ufually laught at, Colli Ex dens; but, at this feafon, we are like our poo firft parents, turned out of that agreeable, thoug 2. Inclined to new tenets, or notionscop trary to received opinions If their vanity of appearing fingular puts the exalting the earth to a more happy and paradifioca ftate, that it would turn it to a barren wildernefs Wodward's Natural Hiffory The fummer is a kind of heaven, when we wander in a paradifiacal {cene, among groves and gar PA'RADISE Norrie to d The antients exprefs the fituation of paradifiaca earth in reference to the fea Burnet Such a mediocrity of heat would be fo far fro houfes the curiofity of men, fl,; Milton ample Paraprisi'acar. adj. [from paradife. Suiting paradife; making paradife warme it is, ho that takes a profpect of the world Locke on Education 2 is more than paradoxical to difpute, Brysyy In a paradoxical manner ; in a manne contrary to received opinions their infide, which often thews itfelf in little things when they are not in parade, and upon their guard Pa'rRaDIGM W;Ib' Thefe will feem ftrange and paradoxical ty At leaft, before your mafter's debts are paid. S‘wg'ft Swift thofe many paradoxical and unheard-of imitationg fhould not attempt to make one fpeak By Be rich ; but of your wealth make no parade The rites perform'd, the parfon paid In ftate return'd the grand parade be‘l) have been a&ive in the infiruion of beafts, amon battle; nor adorned for parade, but execution Granville 2. Proceflion ; aflembly of pomp J:a!t' hath been every where opinioned by al Strang butasto is not led forth as to a review So Parapo'xicar. adj. [from parads, 1. Having the natare of a paradoy Shew ; oftentation H may b but that the whole is grcat::r than I tnree [parade, French. 7. / feem part; ~ that contradi€tions cannot be bog) tmte tzuat three and three make fix; that fourismore thm' in one of whofe foci the fun is, and, by a radiu from the fun, defcribe equal areas in equal times y Hi erbed‘m] affectionate ¢ it is as true, though it 3 paradox, that in their hatred of fi me fometimes teo paffionate *Tis not poffible for any man in his wit never fo much addi®ed to paradsxes, Since the planets move in the elliptick orbits Swift PA'RABLE. adj. [ parabilis, Latin. Not in ufe ly procured th o an Quincy Locke My friend is the fecond after the treafurer; th teflt of the great officers are much upon a par Swift whereb that evil thould proceed from g00dne f;lle caufes venters are perforated to let out an matter; as tapping in a tympany tries, by which you charge she bill of exchange Exchequer bills are below par Striving to make an ugly deed look ,fah\ *Tis an unnatural paradow in the do&rflqfi PARACENTE s1s. 7. [fo [waganéliow, waaxewiv, to pierce; paracentefe, Fr. hat operation Hm.,. You undergo too firict a paradi Harris a femicubical paraboloid Ray fitted to be nourifhed by folid diet make It appear in fhe ot to be ltogeher uney fonable. of the abfcifla, to be equal to the cob of the ordinate; then the curve is calle Soft ; ‘fuccu Pa'pry. adj. [from pap. PA 2 Companion ; fellow Spenfer Alone he rode without his paragen 7o PA'RAGON. w. a. [paragonnet, Fr. 1. To compare ; to parallel; to mentio in competition Th picture of Pamela, in little ff)rm) he wor in a tablet, purpofing to paragon the little on Artefia's length, not doubting but even, :lnflz' little quantity, the excellency of that WOUIS' i through the weaknefs of the other 1 will give thee bloody teeth, If thou with Cafar paragon aga My man of men Shakefpear Proud fea Of Lucifer, fo by allufion call' Miltom Of that bright ftar to Satan paragen'd 2, To equal ; to be equal to He hath atchiev'd a mai That paragons defcription and wild fame [;elt One that excels the quirks of blazon! Bk far n We will wear our mortal ftate With her Catharine our queen, before the primet crcat\‘\;;" That's paragon'd i" th* world, ~ Shaks Het 4 AGRAPH PA' T #. e /i /i [# [paragf;rapmhtso |
