The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

parasol \par"a*sol`\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*s[o^]l`; 277), n. [F., fr. Sp.
   or Pg. parasol, or It. parasole; It. parare to ward off, Sp.
   & Pg. parar (L. parare to prepare) + It. sole sun, Sp. & Pg.
   sol (L. sol). See Parry, Solar.]
   A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from
   the sun.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Parasol \Par"a*sol`\, v. t.
   To shade as with a parasol. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

parasol
    n 1: a handheld collapsible source of shade [syn: parasol,
         sunshade]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "parasol":
   awning, beach umbrella, blind, brolly, bumbershoot, cover, curtain,
   drape, drapery, gamp, light shield, screen, shade, shader, shadow,
   sunblind, sunshade, umbrella, veil



The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Parasol

   Parallel Systems Object Language.

   An object-oriented language which supports network and
   parallel computing.  It has modules and exceptions.

   ["The Parasol Programming Language", R. Jervis
   , Dr Dobbs J, Oct 1993, pp. 34-41].

   (1995-01-26)