Both Uses of
parry
in
Middlemarch
- "Not much, I am sorry to say," answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller's banter about his belief in the new medical light.†
Chpt 7parry = to avoid
- He had hit on a more ingenious mode of parrying than he was aware of.†
Chpt 8 *
Definition:
to block or deflect an attack; or to avoid answering something by responding cleverly or indirectly