PARASOL (Fr., from Ital. parasole: parare, to shield, and sole, sun)

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PARASOL (Fr., from Ital. parasole: parare, to shield, and sole, sun) , a sunshade, a

light

LIGHT

or small form of umbrella, covered with coloured

silk

SILK

or other material. In Japan and

China

CHINA

gaily coloured parasols of

paper

PAPER
PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

stretched on

bamboo

BAMBOO

frames are used by all classes. The

parasol

PARASOL (Fr., from Ital. parasole: parare, to shield, and
sole
- SOLE (Solea)
, sun)

of an elaborate and highly ornamented type has been the symbol of high honour and

office

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

in the

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, being borne over rulers, princes and nobles. The negro chiefs of West Africa reserve to themselves the

privilege

PRIVILEGE

of bearing parasols of considerable size and substantial construction, the size varying and denoting gradations in rank.

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