paragrandine
English
Etymology
Italian, from parare to parry + grandine hail.
Noun
paragrandine (plural paragrandines)
- (dated) An instrument with a rod, supposed to avert the occurrence of hailstorms.
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See also
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.