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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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PAR'ROT, n.
In a
general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
Any species of
Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of
the family Psittacidæ, as distinguished from the
parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even
tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako
(P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of
Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples.
Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to
repeat words and phrases.
Carolina parrot (Zoöl.), the
Carolina parrakeet. See Parrakeet. -- Night
parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zoöl.)
See Kakapo. -- Parrot coal,
cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound
it makes in burning. [Eng. *** Scot.] -- Parrot
green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under
Green, To repeat by rote,
as a parrot.
To chatter like a
parrot.
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