Parker
(Park"er) n. The keeper of a park. Sir M. Hale.
Parkeria
(||Par*ke"ri*a) n. [NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British zoölogist.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly
so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.
Parkesine
(Parkes"ine) n. [So called from Mr. Parkes, the inventor.] A compound, originally made
from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized
India rubber and for ivory; — called also xylotile.
Parkleaves
(Park"leaves`) n. (Bot.) A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
Parlance
(Par"lance) n. [OF., fr. F. parler to speak. See Parley.] Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as,
in legal parlance; in common parlance.
A hate of gossip parlance and of sway.
Tennyson. Parlando
(||Par*lan"do ||Par*lan"te) a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to
be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
Parle
(Parle) v. i. [F. parler. See Parley.] To talk; to converse; to parley. [Obs.] Shak.
Finding himself too weak, began to parle.
Milton. Parle
(Parle), n. Conversation; talk; parley. [Obs.]
They ended parle, and both addressed for fight.
Milton. Parley
(Par"ley) n.; pl. Parleys [F. parler speech, talk, fr. parler to speak, LL. parabolare, fr. L. parabola
a comparison, parable, in LL., a word. See Parable, and cf. Parliament, Parlor.] Mutual discourse or
conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.
We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain.
Dryden. To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with
the enemy.
Parley
(Par"ley), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Parleyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Parleying.] To speak with another; to
confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an
enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
They are at hand,
To parley or to fight; therefore prepare.
Shak.
