Parasol
['pærəsɒl] or ['pærəsɔl]
Definition
(n.) A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
(v. t.) To shade as with a parasol.
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Definition
n. a small umbrella used by women as a shade from the sun.—v.t. to shelter from the sun.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a parasol, denotes, for married people, illicit enjoyments. If a young woman has this dream, she will engage in many flirtations, some of which will cause her interesting disturbances, lest her lover find out her inclinations. See Umbrella.
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Examples
- At the turn of the lane he saw Miss Blenker standing at the gate and waving the pink parasol. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The sun was low, and tall trees sent their shadows across the grassy walks where Mary was moving without bonnet or parasol. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Elizabeth obeyed, and running into her own room for her parasol, attended her noble guest downstairs. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- There was a boat with a gaudy Japanese parasol, and a man in white, rowing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I don't know,' Mrs Lammle answers, stopping, and sketching out the pattern of the paper on the wall with the point of her parasol; 'it depends. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had gently taken Louisa's parasol from her hand, and had put it up for her; and she walked under its shade, though the sun did not shine there. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She had furled her parasol and sat absently drawing patterns on the gravel. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- All he saw was the trumpery parasol that arched its pinkness above her giggling head. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The parasol drew him like a magnet: he was sure it was hers. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Throw it away,' he coolly recommends as to the parasol; 'you have made it useless; you look ridiculous with it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We had a little tea-party here, last night--five- and-forty women, my dear sir--and gave every one of 'em a green parasol when she went away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She took up a parasol lying on a chair near her, and led the way out, by a long window at the bottom of the room, which opened on to the lawn. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As he reached this point in his speculations the sun came out, and her lifted parasol cut off his enjoyment. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- As he entered it he caught sight of something bright-coloured in the summer-house, and presently made it out to be a pink parasol. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Five-and-forty green parasols, at seven and sixpence a-piece. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Hail, rain, or sunshine, you can't walk half a dozen yards up the street, without encountering half a dozen green parasols. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- All women like finery--extraordinary the effect of those parasols. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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