‖ parure Obs. or alien.
Also 5 parowre, -ur, perur, 5–6 parour, 6 parrer, parer.
[a. OF. pareure, parer paring, peeling:—L. parātūra, f. parāre to prepare, make ready, F. parer to pare. In sense 3 an alien word from mod.F. (paryr).]
† 1. An ornament for an alb or amice. Obs. Cf. parel n. 4 a, apparel n. 7 b.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. vi. 596 The Byschape Waltyr..Gave twa lang coddis off welwete..Albis wyth parurys to tha lyk. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 384/2 Parowre of a vestyment, paratura, vel parura. 1449–50 in Nicolas Test. Vetust. 267 One coope, chesible diacones, for decones; with the awbes and parures. 1519 Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading 7 For wasshyng of the churche gere and settyng on the parours ijs. viijd. 1527 in Fiddes Wolsey (1726) ii. 104, 7 payer of odde parrers for children [choristers]. |
† 2. A paring, peeling. Obs.
| 1499 Promp. Parv. 384/2 (Pynson) Parour of frute, idem quod paringe (H. parowre). 1587 Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) Ded. 4 Dedicating to you these few Poeticall parers, and pensive Pamphlets. |
‖ 3. A set of jewels or other ornaments intended to be worn together; a set of decorative trimmings or embroideries for a dress.
| 1818 Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 47 A red leather case containing a beautiful parure of amethysts. 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie V. iv. (1891) 51 The women whom ornaments of plain gold adorn more than any other parures. 1875 R. F. Burton Gorilla L. (1876) I. 223 Wrists and ankles were laden with heavy rings of brass and copper, the parure of the great in Fán-land. 1877 Mrs. Forrester Mignon II. 49 Sir Tristram has given her a parure of diamonds. |