▪ I. † ˈparel, parail, n. Obs.
Forms: 4 parail, -aille, 4–5 -aile, -ayl(e, 5 -ayll, -eylle, 6 parrelle, 6–7 parrell, -el, parel, -ell.
[Aphetic form of ME. aparail, apparel, q.v.]
1. Preparation, equipment: = apparel n. 1.
| c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 17501 We schal come on suche parayle That..Off his purpos schal he be rent. c 1450 Cov. Myst. xxv. (Shaks. Soc.) 246 Jewgys that knowyth the parayl..this matere to amende. |
2. A body of troops: = array n. 4.
| 13.. Coer de L. 1644 Kyng Rychard wente, with hys parayle, To Marcyle they ganne ryde. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII, c. 3 Preamble, Much partey of the cominalte and parell of the Realme..be not of power nor abilitie to bye theym longbowes. |
3. Apparatus, outfit, furniture, tackle: = apparel n. 2, 3.
| c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 448 Þis chapelle..w{supt} alle þe pareylle þ{supt} longede þerto. 14.. in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 114 Or of hur bed was ther any perayle of gold or sylke. 1532 in Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 120 All the parell belongyn to the plowe. |
b. Clothing, array, attire: = apparel n. 5.
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 228 For his pore paraille and pylgrymes wedes. 1393 Ibid. C. xiii. 131 In þe parail of a pilgrim. a 1400 Octouian 1680 Melk whyte armes, yn ryme I rede, Was hare parayle. a 1547 Surrey æneid iv. 337 A shining parel..of Tirian purple. 1647 Ward Simp. Cobler 14 Fling all his old parrell after him. |
4. Ornament, decoration: = apparel n. 7, 7 b; cf. parure 1.
| 1546 Inv. Ch. Goods Yorksh., etc. (Surtees) 138 Two albes and parrelles [MS. transcript parrettes] of ymagerye. 1554 Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 58 Item, for porrelz for albis..vjd. 1698 Lond. Gaz. No. 3370/4 Stole.., one piece of..Cloth,..marked in the Parrel, I O H. |
b. A chimney-piece, mantelpiece.
| 1532–3 in Bayley Hist. Tower London (1821) I. App. Pt. i. xxix, The settyng of vij. new parells in vij. chymneys..ev'y parell' v. fote in wydnes. 1541 in Rogers Agric. & Prices III. 571/2 (Dartford) Parells of stone for chimneys. 1845 Parker Gloss. Archit. (ed. 4), Parrell,..a chimney⁓piece; A set of dressings or ornaments for a fire-place. |
5. A preparation of eggs, etc. put into wine to refine it (see quots.).
| 1594 Plat Jewell-ho. iii. 66 Which parrell for the most part in one night will cause them [the wines] to fine. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Parell, Whites of Eggs, Bay-Salt, Milk and Conduit-Water beat together, and poured into a Vessel of Wine..in order to Fine it. 1703 Art & Myst. Vintners 14 They make a Parell of burn'd Alum, Bay-Salt, and Conduit Water. |
6. (?) Cf. apparel n. 6.
| a 1330 Roland & V. 196 Fele þousand of sarazines, Swiþe heyȝe of parail. 1390 Gower Conf. III. 119 Lich to tuo twinnes of mankinde..So be thei bothe of o parail. c 1400 St. Alexius (MS. Laud 622) 27/165 To þe chirche of seint Bonefas Wiþ þis maiden þai token þe pas, Þat heiȝe was of paraile. Ibid. 56/810 He hidde þere noman shulde ywite, His book of gode paraile. 1528 Paynel Salerne's Regim. H, The ruddier wines of the same parell are more nouryshyng than white. |
7. Naut. See parrel.
▪ II. † ˈparel, parail, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 parayle, 4–5 parail, 5 parael, parrail, -aille, parell, parele, parrel, 6 parall, 7 parel.
[Aphetic form of ME. aparail, -ayle, apparel v., q.v.]
1. trans. To prepare, get ready, put in order: = apparel v. 1.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 480 Þis dere kyng..Had parreld him a proude feste. Ibid. 765 (Ashm.) He parrails [Dubl. apperels] him a proude ost of princes & oþire. |
b. To give a ‘parel’ to (wine): see prec. 5.
| 1615 Markham Eng. Housew. ii. iv. (1668) 113 Parel it with six Eggs, yolks and all, one handfull of bay salt, and a pint of conduit water to every parel. |
2. To clothe, dress, array, attire: = apparel v. 5.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 1990 Al þe pepul is parayled and passed to cherche. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. iii. 224 Ac marchauns metten with hym [Guile]..And parailed hym lyke here prentys. 14.. Thomas of Erceldoune (ed. 1875) 94 But I am a lady of anoþer cuntre, If I be parellid moost of price. |
3. To adorn, embellish: = apparel v. 7.
| a 1510 Douglas K. Hart i. ix, And said he suld it parall all with fyn And fresche delyt, with mony florist floure. |
▪ III. parel, -e
obs. forms of peril.