Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
AS. pearroc, or perh. rather fr. F. parc,; both being of the same origin; cf. LL. parcus, parricus, Ir. & Gael. pairc, W. park, parwg,. Cf. Paddock an inclosure, Parrock
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
A.S. pearroc, prob. modified by Fr. parc.
In literature:
I never saw but one Bobcat in the Yellowstone Park, and that was not in the Park, but at Gardiner where it was held a captive.
"Wild Animals at Home" by Ernest Thompson Seton
The stream broke at length from the forest and, swelled by a sizable tributary, flowed broad and deep into a rolling, park-like landscape.
"IT and Other Stories" by Gouverneur Morris
The Cowlairs had to play the Queen's Park in one of the ties, and a determined tussle it turned out to be.
"Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches" by David Drummond Bone
Doubtless by what is now Albury Park the road has become confused.
"Highways and Byways in Surrey" by Eric Parker
The Mulberry Bend Park kept its promise.
"The Battle with the Slum" by Jacob A. Riis
Belsize Avenue is a park-like road, from which on the south side stretch the meadows of Belsize Park.
"Hampstead and Marylebone" by Geraldine Edith Mitton
But why did you bring him to Paradise Park?
"The Heart of Thunder Mountain" by Edfrid A. Bingham
The old elms of the park of Manor Cross were very tempting.
"Is He Popenjoy?" by Anthony Trollope
The room, which was furnished with tolerable taste, gave on Park Avenue where she resided.
"The Paliser case" by Edgar Saltus
America has Prospect Park and the very beautiful Goat Island Park on its side, but these are not extended along the gorge.
"Westward with the Prince of Wales" by W. Douglas Newton
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In poetry:
Up yonder in Buena Park
There is a famous spot,
In legend and in history
Yclept the Waller Lot.
"The Delectable Ballad Of The Waller Lot" by Eugene Field
You have no passion for the play,
Or park, or other showy scenes;
And, hence, you have no scores to pay,
And live within your husband’s means.
"Black Lizzie" by Henry Kendall
CHO. The god of day, the god of day,
The park shall our Sparkeion play,
Ha Ha, etc.
The rarest fun and rarest fare
That ever fell to mortal share
Ha ha etc.
"Thespis: Act I" by William Schwenck Gilbert
Now deserted are the roads
Where awhile the lovers went;
Vacant are the field-abodes
Where a vivid hour they spent:
Solemn dark
Broods again in lane and park.
"After Bank Holiday" by Elizabeth Daryush
My window waits; at dawn I hark
His call; at morn I meet
His haste around the tossing park
And down the softened street;
The gentler light is his; the dark,
The grey—he turns it sweet.
"West Wind In Winter" by Alice Meynell
There's light enough, and strong enough,
To lighten every pleasant park;
I'm sorry lights are held so cheap,
I'd rather there were not a spark
Than choose those shining ways for joy
And have them lead me into dark.
"Street Light" by John Crowe Ransom
In news:
Scott Park jpark4@mlive.com J. Scott Park MLive.com Workers unwrap flowers in the Herman Gumper Exhibition Building at the Jackson County Fairgrounds Tuesday.
The National Park Service will turn to sharpshooters, birth control and other methods to thin the growing deer herd in Rock Creek Park and protect the park's vegetation.
The fire broke out around 3:15 am on the parking lot of a uniform laundry facility located in the 600 block of Industrial Park Drive.
Park officials have named a hiker who was killed by a grizzly bear in Alaska's Denali National Park .
County Commissioners voted on it in a meeting on Thursday and officials were quick to point out that all of the Park Rangers will still have a job and that the parks will still be patrolled.
A new partnership between Yellowstone National Park, the Yellowstone Park Foundation, and private corporations is now diverting the plastic bottles collected in Yellowstone to be made into carpet backing here in the U.S.
To merge, Central Parking and Standard Parking would have to divest 16 Denver properties.
California State Parks – Sutter's Fort State Historic Park.
Greg Stanley Loves Park & Machesney Park.
"Going Out In Style — Live At Fenway Park" has 18 songs from the band's two shows at Fenway Park last September.
Just got off the phone with Eight Forty-Eight's Richard Steele live at the Hyde Park Hair Salon in Chicago's Hyde Park.
A s Deception Pass State Park is being considered for the National Register of Historic Places, the park has seen a precipitous drop in the number of people visiting, which has cost State Parks tens of thousands of dollars in visitor fees.
Ottawa County Parks is offering a "Fall Fungi Hike" on Saturday, Oct 6, beginning at 9 am at Riley Trails County Park in Park Township.
The Rockford Park District has accepted the 2012 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA).
Thursday night the Sedalia Park's Department unveiled its latest project in the form of a new handicap accessible park, located at Centennial Park.
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In science:
University Park, Pennsylvania: PCR: Films and Video in the Behavioral Sciences.
Combining Research Methods and Results from Psychology and Physics in the Investigation of Quantum Mechanics
University Park, Pennsylvania: PCR: Films and Video in the Behavioral Sciences.
Combining Research Methods and Results from Psychology and Physics in the Investigation of Quantum Mechanics
University Park, Pennsylvania: PCR: Films and Video in the Behavioral Sciences.
Combining Research Methods and Results from Psychology and Physics in the Investigation of Quantum Mechanics
McConnell et al. (1991) searched for pulsars using Parkes at a wavelength of 50 cm.
Radio Pulsars in the Magellanic Clouds
The observing system used for timing these pulsars at Parkes is identical to that used in the survey with the exception that the data were only recorded from the center beam of the multibeam receiver.
Radio Pulsars in the Magellanic Clouds
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