subs. (old).—A wayside SIGN-POST (q.v.).—GROSE (1785).
Verb. (colloquial).—1. To marry; and (2) to church (after child-delivery). Whence PARSONED = married or churched; MARRIED AND PARSONED = duly and legally married.
TO KISS THE PARSON’S WIFE, verb. phr. (old).—To be lucky in horse-flesh.—GROSE (1785).
REMEMBER PARSON MALLUM! intj. phr. (old).—‘Pray drink about Sir.’—B. E. (1696).
MARYLAND PARSON, subs. phr. (American).—A disreputable cleric.
