Part 461

Prank, a. Full of gambols or tricks. [Obs.]

Prank"er (?), n. One who dresses showily; a prinker. "A pranker or a dancer." Burton.

Prank"ish, a. Full of pranks; frolicsome.

Prase (?), n. [L. prasius, fr. Gr. &?; of a leek-green, fr. Gr. &?; a leek: cf. F. prase.] (Min.) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green color.

Pra"se*o- (?). [Gr. &?; leek-green, green, fr. &?; a leek.] A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a green variety of cobalt.

Pra`se*o*dym"i*um (?), n. [Praseo- + didymium.] (Chem.) An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; -- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.

Pra"se*o*lite (?), n. [Praseo- + -lite.] (Min.) A variety of altered iolite of a green color and greasy luster.

Pras"i*nous (?), a. [L. prasinus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a leek.] Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture. Lindley.

Pra"soid (?), a. [Gr. &?; leek + - oid.] (Min.) Resembling prase.

Prate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prating.] [Akin to LG. & D. praten, Dan. prate, Sw. & Icel. prata.] To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

To prate and talk for life and honor.

Shak.

And make a fool presume to prate of love.

Dryden.

Prate, v. t. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.

What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate !

Dryden.

Prate, n. [Akin to LG. & D. praat, Sw. prat.] Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate.

Pope.

Prate"ful (?), a. Talkative. [R.] W. Taylor.

Prat"er (?), n. One who prates. Shak.

Prat"ic (?), n. See Pratique.

Pra"tin*cole (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family GlareolidÊ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.

Prat"ing*ly (?), adv. With idle talk; with loquacity.

Prat"ique (?), n. [F.; cf. It. pratica, Sp. practica. See Practice.] 1. (Com.) Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, a certificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; -- a term used particularly in the south of Europe.

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2. Practice; habits. [Obs.] "One of English education and pratique." R. North.