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parti-colored

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par·ti-col·ored  (pärt-klrd)
adj.
Having parts, sections, or areas colored differently from each other; pied.

[From Obsolete party, variegated, from Middle English parti, from Old French, divided, striped, past participle of partir, to divide; see party.]


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His hair suffered to attain to a great length, is carefully combed out, and either left to fall carelessly over his shoulders, or plaited neatly and tied up in otter skins, or parti-colored ribands.
The trees were lithe, mirthful, erect -- bright, slender, and graceful, -- of eastern figure and foliage, with bark smooth, glossy, and parti-colored.
The camels, flung pell-mell together, were uttering dull and pitiful groans; cries and howls of despair were heard issuing from that dusty and stifling cloud, and, from time to time, a parti-colored garment cut the chaos of the scene with its vivid hues, and the moaning and shrieking sounded over all, a terrible accompaniment to this spectacle of destruction.
 
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