Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAR'AF-FINE
PAR'A-DROMPAR-A-GO'GE, or PAR'A-GO-GY
PAR'AF-FINE, n.
A substance contained in the products of the distillation of the tar of beech-wood; a tasteless, inodorous fatty matter, fusible at 112º, and resisting the action of acids and alkalies. – Brande.
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