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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F., fr.

parer

to guard +

grêle

hail.]

A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms.

[France]

Knight.

See also: paragrêle

paragrele ‎(plural paragreles)

(dated) A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms.
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