Chapter 1207

Dryden.

8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.]

Hudibras.

9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up . [Obs.]

10. (Naut) (a) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail. (b) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.

11. (Far.) (a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. (b) To nick.

Prick <Xpage=1136>

Prick , v. i. 1. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks .

2. To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

Milton.

A gentle knight was pricking on the plain. Spenser.

3. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

4. To aim at a point or mark.

Hawkins.

Prick-eared <Xpage=1136>

Prick"-eared` (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs.

Thou prick-eared cur of Iceland. Shak.

Pricker <Xpage=1136>

Prick"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.

2. One who spurs forward; a light horseman.

The prickers , who rode foremost, . . . halted. Sir W. Scott.

3. A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery.

Knight.

4. (Naut.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking.

R. H. Dana, Ir.

Pricket <Xpage=1136>

Prick"et (?) , n. [Perhaps so called from the state of his horns. See Prick , and cf. Brocket .] (Zo\'94l.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck .

Shak.

Pricking <Xpage=1136>

Prick"ing , n. 1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point. "There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword."

Prov. xii. 18 [1583].

2. (Far.) (a) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. (b) Same as Nicking .

3. A sensation of being pricked.

Shak.

4. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. [Obs.]

5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [Obs.]

Pricking-up <Xpage=1136>

Prick"ing-up (?) , n. (Arch.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat .

Brande & C.

Prickle <Xpage=1136>

Pric"kle (?) , n. [AS. pricele , pricle ; akin to LG. prickel , D. prikkel . See Prick , n. ] 1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.

Bacon.

2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.

B. Jonson.

3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]

Prickle <Xpage=1136>

Pric"kle , v. t. To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.

Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my breath. Tennyson.

Prickleback, Pricklefish <Xpage=1136>

Pric"kle*back` (?) , Pric"kle*fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The stickleback.

Prickliness <Xpage=1136>

Prick"li*ness (?) , n. [From Prickly .] The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.

Prickling <Xpage=1136>

Prick"ling (?) , a. Prickly. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Pricklouse <Xpage=1136>

Prick"louse` (?) , n. A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [Old slang]

L'Estrange.

Prickly <Xpage=1136>

Prick"ly , a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub .

Prickly ash (Bot.) , a prickly shrub ( Xanthoxylum Americanum ) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is X. Carolinianum . Gray . -- Prickly heat (Med.) , a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather. -- Prickly pear (Bot.) , a name given to several plants of the cactaceous genus Opuntia , American plants consisting of fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is Opuntia vulgaris . In the South and West are many others, and in tropical America more than a hundred more. O. vulgaris , O. Ficus-Indica , and O. Tuna are abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and O. Dillenii has become common in India. -- Prickly pole (Bot.) , a West Indian palm ( Bactris Plumierana ), the slender trunk of which bears many rings of long black prickles. -- Prickly withe (Bot.) , a West Indian cactaceous plant ( Cereus triangularis ) having prickly, slender, climbing, triangular stems. -- Prickly rat (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of South American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines.

Prickmadam <Xpage=1136>

Prick"mad`am (?) , n. [F. trique-madame . Cf. Tripmadam .] (Bot.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop .

Prickpunch <Xpage=1136>

Prick"punch` (?) , n. A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal.

Prickshaft <Xpage=1136>

Prick"shaft` (?) , n. An arrow. [Obs.]

Pricksong <Xpage=1136>

Prick"song` (?; 115) , n. [See Prick , v. t. , 4.] Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down. [Obs.]

He fights as you sing pricksong . Shak.

Prickwood <Xpage=1136>

Prick"wood` (?) , n. (Bot.) A shrub ( Euonymus Europ\'91us ); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree .

Pricky <Xpage=1136>

Prick"y (?) , a. Stiff and sharp; prickly.

Holland.

Pride <Xpage=1136>

Pride (?) , n. [Cf. AS. lamprede , LL. lampreda , E. lamprey .] (Zo\'94l.) A small European lamprey ( Petromyzon branchialis ); -- called also prid , and sandpiper .

Pride <Xpage=1136>

Pride , n. [AS. pr&ymac;te ; akin to Icel. pr&ymac;&edh;i honor, ornament, pr<?/<?/a to adorn, Dan. pryde , Sw. pryda ; cf. W. prydus comely. See Proud .] 1. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.

Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Dan. iv. 37.

Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. Franklin.

2. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.

Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride . Goldsmith.

A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. Macaulay.

3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.

Let not the foot of pride come against me. Ps. xxxvi. 11.

That hardly we escaped the pride of France. Shak.

4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.

Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride . Spenser.

I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Zech. ix. 6.

A bold peasantry, their country's pride . Goldsmith.

5. Show; ostentation; glory.

Pride , pomp, and circumstance of glorious war. Shak.

6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life .

A falcon, towering in her pride of place. Shak.

7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast. [Obs.]

Pride of India , &or; Pride of China . (Bot.) See Margosa . -- Pride of the desert (Zo\'94l.) , the camel.

Syn. -- Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness; lordliness; loftiness. -- Pride , Vanity . Pride is a high or an excessive esteem of one's self for some real or imagined superiority, as rank, wealth, talents, character, etc. Vanity is the love of being admired, praised, exalted, etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride ; but one may have great pride without displaying it. Vanity , which is etymologically "emptiness," is applied especially to the exhibition of pride in superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc.

Pride <Xpage=1136>

Pride , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Priding .] To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.

Bp. Hall.

Pluming and priding himself in all his services. South.

Pride <Xpage=1136>

Pride , v. i. To be proud; to glory. [R.]

Prideful <Xpage=1136>

Pride"ful (?) , a. Full of pride; haughty.

Tennyson.

-- Pride"ful*ly , adv. -- Pride"ful-ness , n.

Prideless <Xpage=1136>

Pride"less , a. Without pride.

Chaucer.

Pridian <Xpage=1136>

Prid"i*an (?) , a. [L. pridianus .] Of or pertaining to the day before, or yesterday. [R.]

Thackeray.

Pridingly <Xpage=1136>

Prid"ing*ly (?) , adv. Proudly. [Obs.]

Prie <Xpage=1136>

Prie (?) , n. (Bot.) The plant privet. [Obs.]

Tusser.

Prie <Xpage=1136>

Prie , v. i. To pry. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Pried <Xpage=1136>

Pried (?) , imp. & p. p. of Pry .

Priedieu <Xpage=1136>

Prie`dieu" (?) , n. [F., literally, pray God.] A kneeling desk for prayers.

Prief <Xpage=1136>

Prief (?) , n. Proof. [Obs.]

Spenser. Lydgate.

Prier <Xpage=1136>

Pri"er (?) , n. [From Pry .] One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or is inquisitive.

So pragmatical a prier he is into divine secrets. Fuller.

Priest <Xpage=1136>

Priest (?) , n. [OE. prest , preost , AS. pre\'a2st , fr. L. presbyter , Gr. <?/ elder, older, n., an elder, compar. of <?/ an old man, the first syllable of which is probably akin to L. pristinus . Cf. Pristine , Presbyter .]

<page="1137"> Page 1137

1. (Christian Church) A presbyter elder; a minister ; specifically: (a) (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.) One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power . Murdock . (b) (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.

2. One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests . "The priests of Dagon."

1 Sam. v. 5.

Then the priest of Jupiter . . . brought oxen and garlands . . . and would have done sacrifice with the people. Acts xiv. 13.

Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. Heb. v. 1.

&hand; In the New Testament presbyters are not called priests ; but Christ is designated as a priest , and as a high priest , and all Christians are designated priests .

Priest <Xpage=1137>

Priest (?) , v. t. To ordain as priest.

Priestcap <Xpage=1137>

Priest"cap` (?) , n. (Fort.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail .

Priestcraft <Xpage=1137>

Priest"craft` (?) , n. Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others.

It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. Macaulay.

Priestery <Xpage=1137>

Priest"er*y (?) , n. Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in contempt. [R.]

Milton.

Priestess <Xpage=1137>

Priest"ess , n. A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans.

Abp. Potter.

Priesthood <Xpage=1137>

Priest"hood (?) , n. 1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.

Bk. of Com. Prayer.

2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.

Priesting <Xpage=1137>

Priest"ing , n. The office of a priest. [Obs.]

Milton.

Priestism <Xpage=1137>

Priest"ism (?) , n. The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood. [R.]

Priestless <Xpage=1137>

Priest"less , a. Without a priest.

Pope.

Priestlike <Xpage=1137>

Priest"like` (?) , a. Priestly.

B. Jonson.

Priestliness <Xpage=1137>

Priest"li*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being priestly.

R. Browning.

Priestly <Xpage=1137>

Priest"ly , a. Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell.

Shak.

Priest-ridden <Xpage=1137>

Priest"-rid`den (?) , a. Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people .

Swift.

Prieve <Xpage=1137>

Prieve (?) , v. t. To prove. [Obs. or Scot.]

Prig <Xpage=1137>

Prig (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Prigged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging (?) .] [A modification of prick .] To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Prig <Xpage=1137>

Prig , v. t. 1. To cheapen. [Scot.]

2. [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick , v. t. ] To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief . [Cant]

Prig <Xpage=1137>

Prig , n. 1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.

The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.

2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant]

Shak.

Priggery <Xpage=1137>

Prig"ger*y (?) , n. Priggism.

Priggish <Xpage=1137>

Prig"gish (?) , a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig"gish*ly , adv. -- Prig"gish-ness , n.

Priggism <Xpage=1137>

Prig"gism (?) , n. 1. The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig.

Ed. Rev.

2. Roguery; thievery. [Obs.]

Fielding.

Prighte <Xpage=1137>

Prigh"te (?) , obs. imp. of Prick .

Chaucer.

Prill <Xpage=1137>

Prill (?) , n. [Cf. Brill .] (Zo\'94l.) The brill.

Prill <Xpage=1137>

Prill , v. i. To flow. [Obs.]

Stow.

Prill <Xpage=1137>

Prill , n. A stream. [Obs.]

Davies (Microcosmos).

Prill <Xpage=1137>

Prill , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. (Mining) (a) A nugget of virgin metal. (b) Ore selected for excellence.

2. The button of metal from an assay.

Prillion <Xpage=1137>

Pril"lion (?) , n. Tin extracted from the slag.

Prim <Xpage=1137>

Prim (?) , n. [See Privet .] (Bot) The privet.

Prim <Xpage=1137>

Prim , a. [OF. prim , prin , prime, first, principal. sharp, thin, piercing, fr. L. primus first. See Prime , a. ] Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.

Swift.

Prim <Xpage=1137>

Prim , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Primmed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Primming .] To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

Prim <Xpage=1137>

Prim , v. i. To dress or act smartly. [R.]

Primacy <Xpage=1137>

Pri"ma*cy (?) , n. [LL. primatia , fr. L. primas , -atis , one of the first or principal, chief, fr. primus first: cf. F. primatie . See Prime , a. ] 1. The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy. [R.]

De Quincey.

2. The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England .

Prima donna <Xpage=1137>

Pri"ma don"na (?) ; pl. E. Prima donnas (#) , It. Prime (#) Donne (#) . [It., fr. primo , prima , the first + donna lady, mistress. See Prime , a. , and Donna .] The first or chief female singer in an opera.

Prima facie <Xpage=1137>

Pri"ma fa"ci*e (?) . [L., from abl. of primus first + abl. of facies appearance.] At first view; on the first appearance.

Prima facie evidence (of a fact) (Law) , evidence which is sufficient to establish the fact unless rebutted.

Bouvier.

Primage <Xpage=1137>

Pri"mage (?; 48) , n. [F.] (Com.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money ), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.

Homans.

Primal <Xpage=1137>