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11Parry [2] — Parry, Vorgebirg an der Westküste von Grönland, südlich der Insel Prudhoe …
12parry — I verb avert, avoid, beat off, block, brush off, chase away, chase off, confute, counter, defendere, deflect, dodge, drive away, drive back, elude, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fight off, foil, force back, hedge, hold at bay, hold back, hold… …
13Parry — Parry, sir William Edward ► Archipiélago deshabitado de Canadá, en los Territorios del Noroeste, distrito de Franklin, en el Ártico, integrado en las islas Queen Elizabeth; 130 000 km2 …
14Parry — [ pærɪ], 1) Sir (seit 1898) Charles Hubert Hastings, seit 1903 Baronet, britischer Komponist, * Bournemouth 27. 2. 1848, ✝ Rustington (County West Sussex) 7. 10. 1918; verdient um die Pflege der Werke J. S. Bachs; komponierte Orchesterwerke… …
15Parry — Nom de famille gallois, au départ ap Harry, autrement dit le fils de Harry (= Henri). Le préfixe ap est identique au breton ab (cf Aballain) et sans doute à l irlandais mac …
16parry — (v.) 1630s, from Fr. parez! (which commonly would have been heard in fencing lessons), imperative of parer ward off, from It. parare to ward or defend a blow, from L. parare make ready, prepare (see PARE (Cf. pare)). Non fencing use is from 1718 …
17parry — *dodge, shirk, sidestep, duck, fence, malinger Analogous words: ward, avert, *prevent, preclude: forestall, anticipate (see PREVENT): elude, evade, avoid, shun (see ESCAPE) …
18parry — [v] ward off, circumvent anticipate, avoid, block, bypass, deflect, dodge, duck*, elude, evade, fence*, fend off, forestall, hold at bay*, preclude, prevent, rebuff, rebuke, repel, repulse, resist, shirk, shun, sidestep, stave off; concepts 25,30 …
19parry — ► VERB (parries, parried) 1) ward off (a weapon or attack) with a countermove. 2) avoid answering (a question) directly. ► NOUN (pl. parries) ▪ an act of parrying. ORIGIN probably from French parer ward off …
20Parry — [par′ē] Sir William Edward 1790 1855; Eng. naval officer & arctic explorer …
