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To pry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

imp. & p. p. of Pry.

ildren to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner. As he sat in the school at his prymer. Chaucer.

A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. [Written also prise.] Prize court, a court having jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas. Bouvier. -- Prize fight, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists, for a stake or wager. -- Prize fighter, one who fights publicly for a reward; -- applied esp. t…

A fifteenth. [Obs.] Prynne.

Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. Prynne.

uce it. Tillotson. Having reduced Their foe to misery beneath their fears. Milton. Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced. Hawthorne.

hing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. Prynne.

The tracing of veins of metal by shoads. [Written also shoding.] Pryce.

Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. Pryce.

To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock. Pryce.

Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious. [R.] Bacon.

To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also speer, speir.] Jamieson.

us. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails. Pryce.

arate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall. Pryce.

tain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense. Pryce. Tomlinson. Tribute money, money paid as a tribute or tax. -- Tribute pitch. (Mining) See under Tributer. [Eng.]

A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.

A moving; passage; procession; journey. I prythee, now, lead the way. Shak.