The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paris \Par"is\, n.
The chief city of France.
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Paris green. See under Green, n.
Paris white (Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment;
whiting; Spanish white.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
White \White\, n.
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1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of
bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all
colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note
under Color, n., 1.
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Finely attired in a of white. --Shak.
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2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or
nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
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3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,
which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at
which a missile is shot.
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'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.
--Shak.
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4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
Caucasian, races of men.
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5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.
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6. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies
belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the
color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under
Cabbage.
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Black and white. See under Black.
Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack,
Paris, etc.
White of a seed (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.
White of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds
the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In
a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent
of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater
portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a
small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,
with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it
coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it
contains. --Parr.
White of the eye (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the
eye surrounding the transparent cornea.
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