Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAR'AL-LEL, n.

1. A line which throughout its whole extent is equidistant from another line; as, parallels of latitude. Who made the spider parallels design, / Sure as De Moivre without rule or line? – Pope.
2. A line on the globe marking the latitude.
3. Direction conformable to that of another line. – Garth.
4. Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; likeness. 'Twixt earthly females and the moon, / All parallels exactly run. – Swift.
5. Comparison made; as, to draw a parallel between two characters. – Addison.
6. Any thing equal to or resembling another in all essential particulars. None but thyself can be thy parallel. – Pope.