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‖ parure Obs. or alien.
Also 5 parowre, -ur, perur, 5–6 parour, 6 parrer, parer.
[a. OF. pareure, parer paring, peeling:—L. parātūra, f. parāre to prepare, make ready, F. parer to pare. In sense 3 an alien word from mod.F. (paryr).]
†1. An ornament for an alb or amice. Obs. Cf. parel n. 4 a, apparel n. 7 b.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. vi. 596 The Byschape Waltyr..Gave twa lang coddis off welwete..Albis wyth parurys to tha lyk. c1440Promp. Parv. 384/2 Parowre of a vestyment, paratura, vel parura. 1449–50in Nicolas Test. Vetust. 267 One coope, chesible diacones, for decones; with the awbes and parures. 1519Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading 7 For wasshyng of the churche gere and settyng on the parours ijs. viijd. 1527in Fiddes Wolsey (1726) ii. 104, 7 payer of odde parrers for children [choristers].
†2. A paring, peeling. Obs.
1499Promp. Parv. 384/2 (Pynson) Parour of frute, idem quod paringe (H. parowre). 1587Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) Ded. 4 Dedicating to you these few Poeticall parers, and pensive Pamphlets.
‖3. A set of jewels or other ornaments intended to be worn together; a set of decorative trimmings or embroideries for a dress.
1818Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 47 A red leather case containing a beautiful parure of amethysts. 1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V. iv. (1891) 51 The women whom ornaments of plain gold adorn more than any other parures. 1875R. F. Burton Gorilla L. (1876) I. 223 Wrists and ankles were laden with heavy rings of brass and copper, the parure of the great in Fán-land. 1877Mrs. Forrester Mignon II. 49 Sir Tristram has given her a parure of diamonds. |