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English Dictionary: parasol by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parasol
n
  1. a handheld collapsible source of shade [syn: parasol, sunshade]
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
      , Dr Dobbs J, Oct 1993, pp. 34-41].
  
      (1995-01-26)
  
  
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