parasol

5 definitions found

parasol - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  parasol \par"a*sol`\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*s[o^]l`; 277), 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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Parasol \Par"a*sol`\, v. t.
     To shade as with a parasol. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]

parasol - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  parasol
      n 1: a handheld collapsible source of shade [syn: parasol,
           sunshade]

parasol - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Parasol
  
     Parallel Systems Object Language.
  
     An object-oriented language which supports network and
     parallel computing.  It has modules and exceptions.
  
     ["The Parasol Programming Language", R. Jervis
     <hjervis!rbj@uunet.uu.net>, Dr Dobbs J, Oct 1993, pp. 34-41].
  
     (1995-01-26)
  

parasol - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "parasol":
     awning, beach umbrella, blind, brolly, bumbershoot, cover, curtain,
     drape, drapery, gamp, light shield, screen, shade, shader, shadow,
     sunblind, sunshade, umbrella, veil