Lexic.us

Medical Definition of Parelle

1. A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum). A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus. Origin: Cf. F. Parelle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parelle

Literary usage of Parelle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"That the marquesse de parelle, commander of the duke of Savoys forces, had made himself master of Chasteau Dauphin, a passe at the entrance into Dauphiny; ..."

2. The Paston Letters, 1422-1509 A.D.: 1422-1509 A.D. by James Gairdner (1874)
"... may not be withoute grete parelle of soule ; wher the parelle is God knoweth, I pray God amend it, and geve hem grace that have his goods so to ..."

3. The Paston letters, A.D. 1422-1509 by James Gairdner (1904)
"... may not be withoute grete parelle of soule; wher the parelle is God knoweth, I pray God amend it, and geve hem grace that have his goods so to ..."

4. The Paston letters 1422-1509 A.D.: A reprint of the edition of 1872-5, which by Ellen Ware Fiske (1900)
"... may not be withoute grete parelle of soule; wher the parelle is God knoweth, I pray God amend it, and geve hem grace that have his goods so ..."

5. The Paston Letters 1422-1509 A.D.: A Reprint of the Edition of 1872-5 by James Gairdner (1900)
"... may not be withoute grete parelle of soule; wher the parelle is God knoweth, I pray God amend it, and geve hem grace that have his goods so to ..."

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