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That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.

That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign

the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.

A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren. Burrill.

(Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. Kent. -- To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. -- To give way. See unde…