faveur de par le Roy. The King fauours him so much, he is so gracious in his eyes.
Parabande: f. The rayle that runnes along on a ranke of Ballisters in a Terrace, &c.
Parable: com. Easie to be got, or come by; soone obtained, quickly recouered, readie at hand.
Parabole: f. A Parable, similitude, comparison; also, a certaine crooked line made by the cutting of a Cone, or Cylinder.
Parabrin: m. A gratulation, or welcome.
Parachevé: m. ée: f. (Fully) atchieued, dispatched, performed; accomplished, finished, concluded.
Parachevement: m. A (full) atchieuement, performance, riddance, dispatch; a consummation, accomplishment, absolute conclusion or end.
Parachever. (Fully) to atchieue, execute, performe, dispatch; finish, consummate, accomplish, make an absolute end of.
Paraclitique: com. Defamed, ill-reported of, that hath an ill name.
Parade: f. A (boasting) apparance, or shew; a brauado, or vaunting offer; also, a stop on horsebacke.
Paradis: m. Paradice, Heauen; a garden, or place, of perfect delight; a heauen on earth. Graine de paradis. The spice called, Graines. Oiseau de paradis. A certaine Egyptian bird, whose feathers dazle, by their glistening lustre, the eyes of such as behold her; also (another) white-bellied, and red-legd bird, thats bigger then a Heron, and beaked like a Parrot; many also call the Jndian Mammuque Oiseau de Paradis. Pomme de paradis. An excellent sweet apple that comes of a Pearmayn graffed on the stock of a Quince; some also call so our Honnymeale, or S. Johns apple.
Paradoxe: f. A Paradox; a strange, and odd conceit, or assertion, which differs from the common-receiued opinion.
Paradoxique: com. Paradoxicall, strange, odd, against common opinion.
Parafé, & Parafer. as Paraphé & Parapher. Parafernal. Seeke Paraphernal. Parage: m. Kindred, parentage, linage; also, equalitie of birth, or in bloud; also, coparcenerie, or partition of land among (noble) brothers, or sisters; (vsed onely where homage is due, and ceases after the fourth degree.) Haut parage. Looke Haut-parage. Tenir en parage. To hold part of a fief, as a coheire, or coparcener; or, younger brothers to hold of their elder by homage, and fealtie; which is therefore due vnto him, after partition, because he does homage vnto the Lord Paramount both for their parts, and his owne.
Parageau: m. A younger brother, who by partition enioyes part of the land descended from his auncestor.
Parager: m. A coparcener; or, as Parageau. Parageur: m. The eldest brother; who by custome hath beene forced to giue equall shares of his auncestors land vnto his younger brethren.
Paragon: m. A paragon, or peereleße one; the perfection, or flower of; the most complete, most absolute, most excellent peece, in any kind whatsoeuer; hence also, a Patterne, or Touchstone whereby the goodneße of things is tryed.
Paragonner. To paragon; equall, match, or compare with; also, to examine, or try the goodneße of a thing, by comparing it with other (excellent) things.
Paragraphe: m. A Paragraffe, or Pill-crow; a full sen-*
*tence, head, or title of the (ciuill) Law; as much as is comprehended in one sentence, or section.
Parain: m. A Godfather; a Suretie in Baptisme.
Paralelogramme. A Paralelogramme, or long Square.
Parallele: m. A paralell; an equall distance (as) in lines, or circles. Paralleles. The circles, and lines in the Sphere, drawn (with equall distance in euerie part) from the East to the West, and hauing one of the poles for their center.
Parallele: com. Paralell, equally distant asunder.
Paralogizer. To reason captiously, argue deceitfully, conclude falsely; to reason against reason.
Paralysie: f. The Palsie. Herbe de paralysie. The Cowslip, or Oxslip, called also Palsiewort, and pettie Mullein.
Paralytique: com. Sicke of, or troubled with, the Palsie.
Parangon. as Paragon; whence; Pierre de parangon. A Touchstone.
Parangonneux: m. euse: f. Full of comparisons.
Paranniser. To perpetuate. See Perenniser. Paranymphe: m. An Orator, who a little before the commencement of Doctors, &c, makes a publicke speech in commendation of their honestie, and sufficiencie; also, an ouerseer, or an assistant in the ouersight, or ordering, of Bridall businesses.
Parapet: m. A Parapet, or wall breast-high; or defence, in forme of a Penthouse, on the vpper part of a Rampier.
Paraphe: f. The flourish, or peculiar knot, or marke set vnto, or after, or in stead of, a name in the signing of a Deed, or Letter; and generally, any such gracefull setting out of a mans hand, or name in writing; also, a subsignature, or signing vnder.
Paraphé: m. ée: f. Flourished; graced, or signed with a prettie marke, or knot; also, subsigned; written, or signed vnder.
Parapher. To flourish in writing; to grace, or beautifie the hand, or name, with prettie knots; to set a peculiar marke, or knot vnto, or after, or in stead of, a name in the signing of a Deed, or Letter; also, to subsigne; to write, or signe vnder.
Paraphernal. Biens paraphernaux. The goods which a wife brings her husband ouer and besides her dowrie, or mariage money; as her bedding, linnen, garments, iewels, &c.
Paraphernes. as Biens Paraphernaux. Paraphrase: f. A Paraphrase; an exposition that holds the sence, but changes the words, of the thing expounded.
Paraphraste: m. A Paraphrast, or Paraphrasor; one that expounds a Text by other words then it is written in.
Parappel. as Parapet. Parasangue: f. Thirtie furlongs; or (about) three, and three quarters, of our miles; a Persian measure.
Parasceve: f. A preparation, or preparing. Iour parasceve. Good Friday among Christians; among the Jewes any Friday; when they commonly prouide all things necessarie for the day following, their Sabaoth, whereon they are forbidden all worke.
Paraseline: f. A false Moone, or apparance of a Moone.
Parasite: m. A Parasite; a trencher-friend, or bellie-friend; a smell-feast, and buffoone at feasts; a clawback, flatterer, soother, smoother for good cheare sake.
Parasol: m. as Ombrelle.
Parastates: f. The conduits, or paßages whereby the seed goes from the kidneyes in the act of generation; or,
