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4. An artful means.
_Dunbar._
5. A trick of legerdemain, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
6. A necromantic exploit, S.
_Dunbar._
7. A mischievous trick, or any wicked act, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _praktik_, craft; Mod. Sax. _practycke_, astrology.
_To_ PRECELL, _v. n._ To excel.
_Lyndsay._
PRECLAIR, _adj._ Supereminent, Fr.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ PREFFER, _v. a._ To excel; Lat. _praefer-o_.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ PREIF, PRIEVE, PREVE, PREE, _v. a._
1. To prove.
_Douglas._
2. To taste; corr. _prie_, S.
_Pal. Hon._
3. To find by examination.
_Wallace._
PREYNE, PRENE, PREIN, PRINE, PRIN, _s._
1. A pin made of wire, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A thing of no value, S.
_Wallace._
Su. G. Dan. _pren_, any sharp instrument; Isl. _prionn_, a needle, or large pin.
_To_ ~Prein~, ~Prene~, ~Prin~, _v. a._ To pin, S.
_Dunbar._ _Ramsay._
~Prein-cod~, _s._ A pin-cus.h.i.+on, S.
PREIS, PRES, _s._ Heat of battle.
_Wyntown._
_To_ PREK, PRYK, _v. n._ To gallop.
_Douglas._
A. S. _pricc-ian_, Belg. _p.r.i.c.k-en_, pungere.
_To_ PRENE, _v. a._
V. ~Prein~, _v._
_To_ PRENT, _v. a._
1. To print, S.
_Acts Marie._
Isl. _prent-a_, typis excudo.
2. To coin.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _prent-a_, imprimere; from _pren_, a graving tool.
~Prent~, _s._
