Definition of Parison

1. Noun. (context: glassblowing) A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parison

1. a lump of pre-moulded glass [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parison

paris
parises
parish
parish church
parish house
parish register
parishen
parishens
parishes
parishional
parishioner
parishioners
parisienne
parisite
parisology
parison (current term)
parisons
paristhmic
parisyllabic
parities
paritor
paritors
paritory
parity
parity bit
parity check
parjdigitate
park and ride
park bench

Literary usage of Parison

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

1. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"... could be found in the country, nor imj parison with xiv. 27, 43, an interesting confirmation of the statement (xiii. l'J-22) of the degree to weapons ..."

2. A Collection of Early Prose Romances by William John Thoms (1828)
"parison in that respect with the following contest, recorded in Roscoe's Gena. Nov. vol. ip 266. When Charles 4th celebrated his nuptials with the Bavarian ..."

3. The Influence of the Second Sophistic on the Style of the Sermons of St by James Marshall Campbell (1922)
"The very few examples of sentence parison is another instance of his moderation. The following table summarizes the disposition of parallelism in the ..."

4. Italy : Handbook for Travellers: Second Part, Central Italy and Rome by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1872)
"... or sitting on the ground in winter, when the soil is extremely cold in com parison with the hot sunshine, is also to be avoided. ..."

5. Theory and Calculation of Electric Currents by Jens Lassen La Cour, Ole Sivert Bragstad (1913)
"Comparison of the Amount of Copper in Alternating-current Systems with parison ot the Amount ot Copper that in Continuous-current Systems. 72. ..."

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