[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

parasol \par"asol`\ pa^r".aso^l`; 277, n. f., fr. sp.
   or pg. parasol, or it. parasole; it. parare to ward off, sp.
    pg. parar l. parare to prepare + it. sole sun, sp.  pg.
   sol l. sol. see parry, solar.
   a kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from
   the sun.
   1913 webster
see also:
parry solar 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

parasol \par"asol`\, v. t.
   to shade as with a parasol. r.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

parasol
     n : a handheld collapsible source of shade syn: sunshade
see also:
sunshade 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 moby thesaurus words for "parasol":
   awning, beach umbrella, blind, brolly, bumbershoot, cover, curtain,
   drape, drapery, gamp, light shield, screen, shade, shader, shadow,
   sunblind, sunshade, umbrella, veil

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

parasol
     
        parallel systems object language.
     
        an object-oriented language which supports network and
        parallel computing.  it has modules and exceptions.
     
        "the parasol programming language", r. jervis
        , dr dobbs j, oct 1993, pp. 34-41.
     
        1995-01-26
     
     
see also:
object-oriented module exception 

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