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Averts, as a fencing thrust
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parries
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Word definitions for parries in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
parry \par"ry\, n.; pl. Parries . A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (parry English) vb. third person singular, present tense of ''to parry''
Usage examples of parries.
Several black arms stretched out to strike the dwarf at once, and his furious parries could not connect solidly enough to push them away.
She kept up with his fury for a few moments, to her credit, but gradually her parries came later and later against the barrage of thrusts and cuts.
This one was a skilled fighter, though, and his parries were fast and on target.
Again, then a third time, Drizzt turned Dantrag's perfect parries into minor hits, the fluid motions of his curving blades trapping the straight blocks of the swords.
Dantrag's attack came brutally swift and hard, but Drizzt's scimitars were in place for the parries and blocks, and again the cunning ranger used a third weapon—his boot—to counter.
His pattern is very simple, as if he knew only two parries and attacks.
When he does not, I disengage from one of his weak parries and strike past it.
My hand catches his wrist as it moves forward, parries it to the side.
If he is not very good with his parries, I may be able to get a hit on his hand.
Then he is alternating slashes and parries with the sabre and triggering short blasts of chaos-fire on those few occasions when he can find enough space to take on a barbarian without striking a lancer or guard.
Dantrag's attack came brutally swift and hard, but Drizzf s scimitars were in place for the parries and blocks, and again the cunning ranger used a third weapon—his boot—to counter.
Dantrag's attack came brutally swift and hard, but Drizzt's scimitars were in place for the parries and blocks, and again the cunning ranger used a third weapon his boot to counter.
Again, then a third time, Drizzt turned Dantrag’s perfect parries into minor hits, the fluid motions of his curving blades trapping the straight blocks of the swords.