Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
parrel , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.
- noun A chimney-piece.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
parrel .
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Examples
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
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As to stove -- I get away with a two burner parral and a microwave, although you can find half-sized gas stoves (two burners and a small range) that are suitable for small apts.
chained_bear commented on the word parral
"... an assemblage of ribs and trucks, which, with the parral-rope, form a sort of collar, to attache the topsail yards to the masts, so that the yards may slide easily up or down the masts...."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 333
October 12, 2008