pare

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For each pint of the mixed juice, use one half pound of sugar and proceed as for other jellies PEACH JELLY.--Stone, pare, and slice the peaches, and steam them in a double boiler.

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  1. transitive verb To remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument: pare apples.
  2. transitive verb To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving: pared off the excess dough.
  3. transitive verb To reduce as if by cutting off outer parts; trim: pare expenses from the monthly budget.

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  • It said the ferry may have capsized between Pare-pare, on the island of Sulawesi, and Samarinda, in East Kalimantan. —  ITN Headlines
  • The ferry was travelling between Pare-pare, on the island of Sulawesi, and Samarinda, in East Kalimantan, it was reported. —  ireland.com Breaking News
  • He got a little bacon into a pan, chipped up some potatoes which he managed to pare--old potatoes now, and ready to sprout long since. —  The Sagebrusher A Story of the West
  • For each pint of the mixed juice, use one half pound of sugar and proceed as for other jellies PEACH JELLY.--Stone, pare, and slice the peaches, and steam them in a double boiler. —  Science in the Kitchen.
  • Cold boiled turnip may be used advantageously in this way MASHED TURNIPS.--Wash the turnips, pare, and drop into boiling water. —  Science in the Kitchen.
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pare:   paring ·  pared
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English paren, from Old French parer, to prepare, trim, from Latin parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English paren, payren, from Old French parer, French parer, deck, dress, trim, etc., particular uses of the orig.general sense ‘prepare,’ ‘pare,’ =Spanish parar, prepare, =Portuguese parar, guard, aparar,Pare, =Italian parare, deck, trim, guard, ward off, oppose, from Latin parare, prepare, get ready, Middle Latin also guard, guard against, parry, etc. (cf. parachute, parapet, parasol, etc., and parry). Hence ult. compare, prepare, repair, separate, sever, several, etc., empire, imperial, etc., parade, parry, etc.
  2. Maori.
 

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