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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1658
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Parrar, n. [? f. e.m.E. par n., equality (1662), as the term of monetary valuation (1622), L. pār.] An ‘equaliser’, an umpire or arbiter. — 1658 Tayler Hist. Fam. Urquhart 57.
Which tuo are to be judges parrares and umphires … betwyxte me and you
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