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Parral

Parral \Par"ral\, Parrel \Par"rel\, n. [F. appareil. See Apparel, n.]

  1. (Naut.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.
    --Totten.

  2. A chimney-piece.
    --Halliwell.

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parral

n. (alternative form of parrel English)

Gazetteer
Parral, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 241
Housing Units (2000): 107
Land area (2000): 0.180913 sq. miles (0.468563 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.180913 sq. miles (0.468563 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61056
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.560929 N, 81.496529 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Parral, OH
Parral
Wikipedia
Parral

Parral may refer to:

  • El Parral, Avila, Spain
  • Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Parral, Chile
  • Parral, Peru
  • The village and monastery of Santa Maria del Parral, near Segovia, Spain
  • Parral (vine system), a vine training system
  • Parral, nickname of Geraldo José da Silva Filho
Parral (footballer)

Geraldo José da Silva Filho or simply Parral (born December 31, 1979 in Recife), is a Brazilian right back who plays for Serra Talhada.

Usage examples of "parral".

Grudgingly Parral had housed Sten and his mercenaries in one of those mansions, a sprawling marble monstrosity the mercs were happily turning into a cross between a barracks and a bordello.

Jann Citadel that had opened the war, Parral had decided a masque was in order.

Sten smiled his thanks to Parral and then moved slowly off through the crowd, flanked by Alex and the silent, non-drinking Kurshayne.

He was, after all, supposed to be a bit of a diplomat as well as a soldier, and he figured that Parral would not be overly thrilled by having one of his court bravos butchered two seconds into the fight.

I would assume, Seigneur Parral, that what you are asking is that, after we destroy the Jannisars, you would wish us to remain on, with a contract to remove Theodomir.

Only one final blow was needed, and that Parral would take care of himself.

And then tracks had clanked and the ground rumbled and Sten realized that Parral had given himself a second line of defense.

So Parral was supervising the loading of the last few art treasures into the ship.

As Parral sank into the acceleration couch, the pilot began final countdown.

Yukawa drive, and the carefully sculpted gardens of Parral withered and died.

The pharmacist told me that Hidalgo del Parral had no American medics, but that one had set up a small practice in San Francisco del Oro about fifteen miles away.

Evidently he had had a practice in Oregon for a number of years, but both his sons had started up a manufacturing business in Hidalgo del Parral a few years back, and when his wife died a year ago he had moved down here to be near them.

Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Ixmiquilpan, Zimapan, Pachuca, Chaucingo, Temascaltepec, Tlalpujahua and Parral, in Mexico were denuded of vegetation for the smelters and of natives for the labor.

Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Ixmiquilpan, Zimapan, Pachuca, Chaucingo, Temascaltepec, Tlalpujahua and Parral, in Mexico were denuded of vegetation for the smelters and of natives for the labor.

Unfortunately, there are Spanish settlements on the river, at San Juan Bautista and El Paso del Norte, as well as to the south, at Janos, Chihuahua, Parral and Monclova (Spanish Bannon, 4).