English Dictionary: parasol | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for parasol | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parasol \Par"a*sol`\, n. [F., fr. Sp. or Pg. parasol, or It. parasole; It. parare to ward off, Sp. & Pg. parar (L. parare to prepare) + It. sole sun, Sp. & Pg. sol (L. sol). See {Parry}, {Solar}.] A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Parasol \Par"a*sol`\, v. t. To shade as with a parasol. [R.] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Parasol Parallel Systems Object Language. An {object-oriented} language which supports network and parallel computing. It has {module}s and {exception}s. ["The Parasol Programming Language", R. Jervis (1995-01-26) |