—n. - flooring of wooden blocks arranged in a pattern.

- us stalls of a theatre. —v. (-eted; -eting) floor (a room) thus. [french, diminutive of parc *park]

n. Herb with crinkly aromatic leaves, used to season and garnish food. [greek petra rock, selinon parsley]

n. - plant with a pale-yellow tapering root.

- this root eaten as a vegetable. [latin pastinaca]

nose n. Fatty flesh at the rump of a cooked fowl.

v. (-king; past partook; past part. Partaken) 1 (foll. By of, in) take a share or part.

- (foll. By of) eat or drink some or colloq. All (of a thing). [back-formation from partaker = part-taker]

adj. - not complete; forming only part.

- biased.

- (foll. By to) having a liking for. partiality n. Partially adv. Partialness n. [latin: related to *part]

- eclipse n. Eclipse in which only part of the luminary is covered.

n. - leave-taking or departure (often attrib.: parting words).

- dividing line of combed hair.

- division; separating.

- shot n. = *parthian shot.

—n. - person who shares or takes part with another or others, esp. In a business.

- companion in dancing.

- player (esp. One of two) on the same side in a game.

- either member of a married or unmarried couple. —v. Be the partner of. [alteration of parcener joint heir]

past of *partake.

n. (pl. -s; fem. Parvenue) (often attrib.) Newly rich social climber; upstart. [latin: related to *per-, venio come]