0 past simple and past participle of parry --
1 to defend yourself from a weapon or an attack by pushing the weapon away or by putting something between your body and the weapon --
A spear held underarm would allow attacks to be parried very easily not just for the individual, but also for the men standing on either side of him.
The check of a leaper can not be parried by interposing.
A good attack not parried by a good parry implies a serious (or critical) impact (throw 1d20 and read the result on a table).
A second attack immediately after the first has missed or been parried.
I parried; but my hands were loath and cold.
An attack which has failed (i.e. has missed or been parried) no longer holds priority.
The crisis in foreign trade was answered, and partly parried, with commercial innovations.
He retains this priority until his attack either misses, runs out of momentum, or is parried.
