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Not distant or remote in place or time; near. The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. Prior.

rect them [the children] when they do amiss. Locke. Nations obey my word and wait my nod. Prior. The land of Nod, sleep.

Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable. Prior.

A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.

Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; as, the omnipresent Jehovah. Prior.

Soft flow; spring. Prior.

To handle. [Obs.] Prior.

The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers. Dr. Prior.

Affected with paralysis, or palsy. The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior.

rom silver. The liver minds his own affair, . . . And parts and strains the vital juices. Prior.

e's turn; in euchre, to decline to make the trump. She would not play, yet must not pass. Prior. To bring to pass, To come to pass. See under Bring, and Come. -- To pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. "The heavens shall pass away." 2 Pet. iii. 10. "I thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am." Tennyson.…

ble; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature. Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate. Prior.

discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed. Not patient to expect the turns of fate. Prior.

To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] Prior.

of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies (Thlaspi arvense). Dr. Prior. -- Penny dog (Zoöl.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. -- Penny father, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] Robinson (More's Utopia). -- Penny grass (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] -- Penny post,…

Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers. Prior.

Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] Prior.

(Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Dr. Prior.

sing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity. Prior.

Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating magic of place." Hawthorne. Men in great place are thrice servants. Bacon. I know my place as I would they should do theirs. Shak.…