a. (UN-1 7 b.)
1813. Scott, Lett., in Lockhart (1839), IV. 91. A general reluctance to allow that any danger is near, until it is almost unparriable.
1826. Blackw. Mag., XIX. 393. How pretty had it been to dally for a few passes, and then, unparryable as the Chevalier St. George, to pierce through heart and back.
1836. in Russell, Mem. Moore (1856), VIII. 275. A tone of irony…, which … is the most unparryable … weapon ever directed against the [Church’s] vitals.
