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• PARASOL (Fr., from Ital. parasole: parare, to shield, and sole, sun)

PARASOL (Fr., from Ital. parasole: parare, to See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield, and See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole, See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun)  , a sunshade, a See also:

• LIGHT

light or small See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• UMBRELLA

umbrella, covered with coloured See also:

• SILK

silk or other material . In See also:

• JAPAN

Japan and See also:

• CHINA

China gaily coloured parasols of See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper stretched on See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo frames are used by all classes . The See also:

• PARASOL (Fr., from Ital. parasole: parare, to shield, and sole, sun)

parasol of an elaborate and highly ornamented type has been the See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of high See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour and See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, being See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne over rulers, princes and nobles . The See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro chiefs of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa reserve to themselves the See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of bearing parasols of considerable See also:

• SIZE

size and substantial construction, the size varying and denoting gradations in See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank .