. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. attaching themselves only to the roots of otherplants, generally of trees or shrubs ; whilst thereare some, as the Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis),Yellow Rattle (Bldnanthus crista galli), Cow-wheat{Mdampyrum arvense), &c., which are parasiticalonly occasionally and partially, preying on the rootsof other herbaceous plants in their vicinity. Theselast are chiefly common on neglected grass lands,and are generally to be regarded as injurious generally attach themselves by meansof little tubercles
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. attaching themselves only to the roots of otherplants, generally of trees or shrubs ; whilst thereare some, as the Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis),Yellow Rattle (Bldnanthus crista galli), Cow-wheat{Mdampyrum arvense), &c., which are parasiticalonly occasionally and partially, preying on the rootsof other herbaceous plants in their vicinity. Theselast are chiefly common on neglected grass lands,and are generally to be regarded as injurious generally attach themselves by meansof little tubercles, which gradually bury themselvesvmder the bark. PARASOIi (from the Ttal. parare, to parry orkeep off, and sole, the sun), a small umbrella usedby ladies to shade themselves from the sun. PARBUCKLE is a mode of drawing up orlowering down an inclined plane any cylindricalobject, as a barrel or a heavy gun, without the aidof a crane or tackle. It consists in passing a stoutrope round a post or some suitable object at the topof the incline, and then doubling the ends \mder. Parbuckle. and over the object to be moved. This convertsthe cask or gun into a pulley in its own behalf, andlimits the pressure at each end of the rope to one-fourth the weight of the object moved, as felt onthe incline. By hauling in the ends equally, thecask ascends, or vice versa. PARCiE (from the root pars, a part), the name Sven by the Romans to the goddesses of Fate orestinj^ who assigned to every one his part orlot. The Greek name, Moira, has the same mean-ing (from meros, a share). They are only once266 mentioned by Homer, who in every other instancespeaks of Fate (Moira) in the singular, and whoseFate was not a deity but a mere personification,the destinies of men being made by him to dependupon the ■will of the gods; whilst, according to thelater Greeks and the Romans, the gods themselveswere subject to the control of the P. or , however, who is almost contemporary withHomer, speaks of
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