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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PA'RING, participle present tense Cutting or shaving off the extremities. PA'RING, noun That which is pared off; rind separated from fruit; a piece clipped off. 1. The act or practice of cutting off the surface of grass land, for tillage.
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