Part 532

Priest"less, a. Without a priest. Pope.

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

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

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

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

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, 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.

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

The queer prig of a doctor.

Macaulay.

2. A thief; a filcher. Shak.

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

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

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

2. Roguery; thievery. [Obs.] Fielding.

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

Prill (?), n. [Cf. Brill.] (Zoˆl.) The brill.

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

Prill, n. A stream. [Obs.] Davies (Microcosmos).

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.

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

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

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

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