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parry, pari, parie noun a head louse Pediculus capitis 20-. etymology: perhaps Cant; Scots Gypsy parri, pare; no evidence for this form in Romany; or perhaps a contraction of English parasite; form pari also attested in Shelta; form parie attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies, SR, BS in TDITA and SS; also collected by EMcC/PS, JS and RD note:

Canadian Paul Pope (2013) attests the form paries ‘lice’.