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-cushion, 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._

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