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Webster 1828 Edition

Parrying

PAR'RYING

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ppr.

Warding off, as a thrust or blow.

Definition 2024

parrying

parrying

English

Verb

parrying

present participle of parry

Noun

parrying ‎(plural parryings)

The act of one who parries.
- 1973, Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel (page 253)
  The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire.