Emily Dickinson Lexicon

parcel, n. [Fr. parcelle < L. pars, part.] (webplay: belonging, persons, white).

Package; bundle; wrapped packet of costly goods sold to a purchaser.

parch (-ing), v. [Origin obscure.] (webplay: burn, dry, thirst).

1. Experience thirst; desire water; be extremely dry; lack refreshment; desperately require drink; be feverish.
2. Scorch; burn; dry; wither in the intense heat of the sun.

parched, verbal adj. [see parch, v.] (webplay: dry, sun).

Extremely dry; burned by the sun's rays; withered from intense heat; devoid of moisture; dehydrated.

parching, n. [see parch, v.] (webplay: thirst).

1. Thirst; lack of drink; desire for water; dehydration; inability to quench the need for refreshment.
2. One who thirsts; feverish person; one who desires refreshment.

pard, n. [OFr < L. pard-us < Gk 'panther'.] (webplay: leopard).

Leopard; panther; wild feline native to Asia.

pardon, n. [ME < OFr perdun.] (webplay: release).

Forgiveness; mercy; release from guilt or suffering; freedom from pain.

pardon (-ed), v. [OFr pardoner = L. per, through + dōnāre, to give.] (webplay: bear, suffer).

1. Forgive; excuse; overlook.
2. Compassionately withhold censure from; agree to forego punishing; mercifully refrain from rebuking

pare, v. [Fr. pare-r < L. parāre, to make fit or ready.] (webplay: stop).

1. Trim; tailor; cut; carve; chisel away an opening through.
2. Separate; cut off; sunder; force apart; disjoin.

Parian, proper n. [L. Pari-us, of Paros.]

Pure whiteness; color of exquisite white marble from the island of Paros in the Aegean Sea; [fig.] snow.

Paris, proper n. [Late L. < Celtic Parisii, strong ones, Gallic tribe < Celtic par, ship + gwys, men.]

Main city of France; fashion design capital; center of high style for Europe; [fig.] fickle one; Trojan prince who kidnapped Helen of Greece.