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An African wren warbler. (Drymoica textrix).

A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.

A small American bird (Spinus, or Chrysomitris, spinus); -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin.

A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.

One who prepared corpses for the funeral.

Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidæ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.

ndary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state. "The precincts of light." Milton.

ut now rarely applied to a female. Wyclif (Rev. i. 5). Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. Milton. Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex. Camden.

The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince. Thrones, princedoms, powers, dominions, I reduce. Milton.

Princeliness. [Obs.] E. Hall.

A petty prince; a princeling. The princekins of private life. Thackeray.

Without a prince. Fuller.

A petty prince. [R.]

Princely. Shak.

The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity of a prince.

A petty prince; a young prince.

Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.

A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince. Dryden. So excellent a princess as the present queen. Swift.

A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.

Like a princess.