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preaches patience to him. Shak. To preach down, to oppress, or humiliate by preaching. Tennyson. -- To preach up, to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of; as, to preach up equality.

Full of presages; ominous. Dark in the glass of some presageful mood. Tennyson.

w, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. Past and present, wound in one. Tennyson.

affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. "I was pricked with some reproof." Tennyson. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. Acts ii. 37.

or fine, sharp points. Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my breath. Tennyson.

Full of pride; haughty. Tennyson. -- Pride"ful*ly, adv. -- Pride"ful-ness, n.

First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary. "Prime forests." Tennyson. She was not the prime cause, but I myself. Milton.

rocess of time." Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Tennyson.

Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] Tennyson. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. Spenser.

Power; strength; might; force; potency. " Youths of puissance." Tennyson. The power and puissance of the king. Shak.

ion; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement. The measured pulse of racing oars. Tennyson. When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke. Burke. Pulse glass, an ins…

As sons of kings, loving in pupilage, Have turned to tyrants when they came to power. Tennyson.

rom heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. Tennyson. -- Pur"blind`ly, adv. -- Pur"blind`ness, n.

ace. -- To put by. (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. "Smiling put the question by." Tennyson. (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by money. -- To put down. (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down. (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices. (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to…

The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness. Tennyson.

One who asks questions; an inquirer. "Little time for idle questioners." Tennyson.

quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." Shak. They say that women are so quick. Tennyson.

uicken in her eye. Pope. When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun. Tennyson.

wanton wiles. Milton. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. Tennyson.

e; a taint; an evil. To pick the vicious quitch Of blood and custom wholly out of him. Tennyson .