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‖ parang|ˈpɑːræŋ|
[Malay pārang.]
A large heavy sheath-knife used by the Malays for various purposes, esp. as a weapon.
1839[see kleywang]. 1852P. Parley's Ann. 371 He observed..in the hand of a native woodman, a parang, or wood chopper. 1882H. De Windt Equator 103 Bakar..and a Malay boatman preceded us with parangs to clear the way of branches before us. 1892Pall Mall G. 18 Oct. 4/2 The pirates, who were armed with spears and parangs, showed fight. 1966D. Forbes Heart of Malaya v. 60 A full-blooded amok, slaughtering every man, woman and child in reach with the snaky kris or the curved parang. 1967J. Cleary Long Pursuit iii. 81 They cut branches from the mangroves with a parang they had found in the boat. 1972[see Jack n.4 b]. 1976‘G. Black’ Moon for Killers ix. 109 The rent in the cloudbank..its edges as rough as a wound made with a parang.
Comb.1899W. H. Furness Folk-lore Borneo 7 This parang-handle sank deep into the rock. |