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parasol

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parasol  \Par"a*sol`\,  n.  [F.,  fr  Sp  or  Pg  parasol,  or  It 
  parasole;  It  parare  to  ward  off  Sp  &  Pg  parar  (L.  parare 
  to  prepare)  +  It  sole  sun,  Sp  &  Pg  sol  (L.  sol).  See 
  {Parry},  {Solar}.] 
  A  kind  of  small  umbrella  used  by  women  as  a  protection  from 
  the  sun. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parasol  \Par"a*sol`\,  v.  t. 
  To  shade  as  with  a  parasol.  [R.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parasol 
  n  :  a  handheld  collapsible  source  of  shade  [syn:  {sunshade}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Parasol 
 
  Parallel  Systems  Object  Language. 
 
  An  {object-oriented}  language  which  supports  network  and 
  parallel  computing.  It  has  {module}s  and  {exception}s. 
 
  ["The  Parasol  Programming  Language",  R.  Jervis 
  ,  Dr  Dobbs  J,  Oct  1993,  pp  34-41]. 
 
  (1995-01-26)




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