559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât:—mè, mêt ;~plne, pin ;— the charity of others; barren, dry, as, a Poor|| PORKER, pork'år. s. A hog, a pig. soil; lean, emaciated, as, a Poor horse; with- PORKEATER, pòrk'è-tår. s. One who feeds on out spirit, flaccid. pork. PÔRKET, pork it. s. 99. A young hog. PORKLING, pork'ling. s. 410. A young pig. POROSITY, pò-rôs'sè-tè. s. Quality of having Having small spiraThe quality of

VOORLY, pôôrílè. ad. Without wealth; with little
success; meanly, without spirit; without dig-
nity.

POORJOHN, pôôr-jôn'. s. A sort of fish.
POORNESS, pôôr'nês. s. Poverty, indigence,||
want; meanness, lowness, want of dignity;
sterility, barrenness.
POORSPIRITED, på3r-spîr'ît-êd. a. Mean, cow-
ardly.

POORSPIRITEDNESS, pôôr-spir'it-êd-nês. s.
Meanness, cowardice.

POP, pôp. s. A small smart quick sound.

Undoubtedly derived from the noise caused by the sudden expulsion of some small body. To POP, pop. v. n. To move or enter with a quick, sudden and unexpected motion. To POP, pôp. v. a. To put out or in suddenly, slily, or unexpectedly; to shift. POPE, pope. s. The bishop of Rome; a small

fish, by some called a ruff.

POPÉDOM, pope'dům. s. 166. Papacy, papal||
dignity.

POPERY, po'pår-é. s. 555. A name given by Pro-
testants to the religion of the Church of Rome.
POPESEYE, pòps'. s. The gland surrounded
with fat in the middle of the thigh.
POPGUN, pop'gan. s. A gun with which chil-
dren play, that only makes a noise.
POPINJAY, pop'pin-jà. a. A parrot; a wood-
pecker; a trifling fop.

POPISH, po'pish. ~a. An epithet of contempt
for what is taught by the Pope; relative to what||
is called Popery.

POPISHLY, ́po'pish-lẻ. ad. In a popish man

ner.

POPLAR, pôp'lår. s. 88. A tree.

POPPY, pop'pè. s. A soporiferous plant.
POPULACE, pôp'pù-läs. s. 91. The vulgar,

the multitude.

pores.

POROUS, pò'râs. a. 314.
cles or passages.
POROUSNESS, pò'růs-nës.
having pores.
PORPHYRE, pôr'får.
PORPHYRY, pôr'fûr-è.

}

} pôr pås. }

s.

s. A valuable kind of

marble.
PORPOISE,
PORPUS,
fish.
PORRACEOUS, pôr-rà'shûs. a.
PORRECTION, pôr-rêk'shûn. s.
reaching forth.

Greenish.

The act of

PORRET, pôr'rit. s. 99. A scallion.
PORRIDGE, pôr'ridje. s. Food made by boiling
meat and other ingredients in water.
PORRIDGEPOT, por'ridje-pôt. s. The pot in
which meat is boiled for a family.
PORRINGER, pôr'rin-jår. s. A vessel in which
It seems in Shakspeare's time
to have been a word of contempt for a head-
dress.

broth is eaten.

FORT, pòrt. s. A harbour, a safe station for ships; a gate, Shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: the aperture in a ship at which the gun is put out; carriage, air, mien; the name of the wine of Oporto in Portugal. PORTABLE, pòr'tâ-bl. a. 405. Manageable by the band; such as may be borne along with one; such as is transported or carried from one place to another; sufferable, supportable. PORTABI ENESS, pòr'tå-bl-nês. s. The quality of being portable.

PORTAGE, pòrt'idje. s. 90. The price of carriage; port-hole.

Air, mien; demean

our. Obsolete. PORTASS, por'tås. s. A breviary, a prayer. book. Obsolete. A sort of maPORTCULLIS, pòrt-kôl'lis. s. chine like a harrow, hung over the gates of a city, to be let down to keep out an enemy. To PORTCULLIS, pòrt-kallis. v. a. To bar, to

POPULACY, pippu-lá-sẻ. 5. The common| PORTAL, portal. s. 88. The gate, the arch un people, the multitude. Little used. der which the gate opens. POPULAR, pop pu-lår. a. 88. Vulgar, plebeian;PORTANSE, por'tânse. s. suitable to the common people; beloved by the people, pleasing to the people; studious of the|| favour of the people; prevailing or raging among the populace, as, a Popular distemper. POPULARITY, pôp-pù-lár'è-tè. s. Graciousness among the people, state of being favoured by the people; representation suited to vulgar conception in this sense little used. POPULARLY, pôp'pù-lår-lè. ad. In a popular|| manner, so as to please the crowd; according to vulgar conception.

To POPULATE, pôp'pů-låte. v. n. To breed
people.

POPULATION, pôp-pù-là'shân. s. The state
of a country with respect to numbers of people.||
POPULOUS, pôp'pù-lús. a. 314. Full of people,
numerously inhabited.
POPULOUSLY, pôp'pù-lûs-lè. ad. With much
people.

POPULOUSNESS, pôp'pù-lús-nés. s. The state
of abounding with people.
PORCELAIN, pór'sè-lane. s. China, china-

shut up.

PORTED, port'êd. a. Borne in a certain or re-
gular order.
To foretoken,

To PORTEND, pôr-tễnď. v. a.
to foreshow as emens.
PORTENSION, por-tên'shûn.
foretokening,
PORTENT, pôr-tênt'. s.
foretokening misery.
PORTENTOUS, por-tên'tås. a.
prodigious, foretokening ill.
PORTER, por'tår. s. 98.

Monstrous,

One that has the charge of the gate; one who waits at the door to receive messages; one who carries burdens for hire; a kind of strong beer. PORTERÁGE, pôr'tår-îdje. s. 90. Money paid for carriage. An article resem PORT-FOLIO, pòrt'fò'lè-ò. s. bling the cover of a large book, in which loose papers are kept. PORTICO, porte-kò. s. A covered walk, a piazza.

PORTION, pòr'shûn. s. A part; a part assigned, an allotment, a dividend; part of an inheritance given to a child, a fortune; a wife's for

nỏ, môve, nỗr, nốt;—tube, tab, bull;−3;–pôånd ;–thin, TKI3.

PORTLINESS, pòrt'lè-nès. s. Dignity of mien, grandeur of demeanour.

PORTLY port'lè. a. Grand of mien; bulky,
swelling.

PORTMAN, port'mân. s. 88. An inhabitant or
burgess, as those of the cinque ports in England.
PORTMANTEAU, pòrt-mân'tỏ. s. A chest or
bag in which clothes are carried.
PORTRAIT, por'tråte. s. 91. A picture drawn
after the life.

PORTRAITURE, pòr'trå-tère. s. Picture, paint-
ed resemblance.

To PORTRAY, pòr-trå'. v. a. 491. To paint, to
describe by picture; to adorn with pictures.
'PORTRESS, pòr'trẻs. s. A female guardian of
a gate.

PORY, pò'rè. a. Full of pores.

To POSE, póze. v. a. To puzzle, to gravel, to
put to a stand or stop.

PÕSER, póʻzår. s. 98. One that asketh questions
to try capacities; an examiner.
POSITED, pôz'zit-êd. a. Placed; ranged.
POSITION, pò-zish'an. s. State of being placed,
situation; principle laid down; advancement ||
of any principle: in Grammar, the state of a
vowel placed before two consonants.
POSITIONAL, pò-zîsh'ân-âl. a. Respecting po-||
sition.
POSITIVE pôz'zè-tiv. a. 157. Not negative,
real, absolute; direct, not implied; dogmati-
cal, ready to lay down notions with confidence;
settled by arbitrary appointment; certain, as-
sured.
POSITIVELY, póz'zè-tiv-lè. ad. Absolutely, by
way of direct position; certainly, without du-
bitation; peremptorily, in strong terms.
POSITIVENESS, pôz'zè-tiv-nês, s. Actualness,
not mere negation; peremptoriness, confidence.
POSSE, pôs'sě. s. An armed power, consisting
of the populace.

To POSSESS, pôz-zès'. v. u. 170. To have as
an owner, to be master of; to enjoy, or occupy
actually; to seize, to obtain; to have power
over, as, an unclean spirit; to effect by intes-
tine power.

The o in the first syllable of possess, and its compounds, is exactly under the same predicament as the same letter in occasion, obedience, &c.-which see.

military station; place, employment, office; a
piece of timber set erect.

To POST, póst. v. n. To trave! with speed.
To POST, post. v. a. To fix opprobriously on
posts; to place, to station, to fix; to register
methodically, to transcribe from one book into
another; to delay-obsolete..

POSTAGE, post'idje. s. 90. Money paid for
conveyance of a letter.

POSTBOY, post'bỏẻ. s. Courier, boy that rides post.

To POSTDATE, pòst'dåte. v. a. To date later than the real time.

POST DILUVIAN, pòst-dè-là'vè-ân. s. One that lived since the flood.

POSTER, post'år. s. 98. A courier, one that travels hastily.

POSTERIOR, pôs-tè'rè-år. a. Happening after, POSTERIORS, pôs-tè'ré-arz. s. 166. The hinder placed after, following; backward.

parts.

POSTERIORITY, pós-tè-rè-ôr'è-tè. s. The state
of being after, opposite to Priority.
POSTERITY, pôs-têr'è-tè. s. Succeeding gene
rations, descendants.

POSTERN, pos'tern. s. A small gate, a little door
POSTEXISTENCE, post-ég-zis'tense. s. Fu

ture existence.

POSTHASTE, post-håste'. s.

a courier.

POSTHORSE, post'hôrse, s.

Haste like that of

A horse stationed

for the use of couriers.
POSTHOUSE, post'hôåse. s. Post-office, house
where letters are taken and despatched.
POSTHUMOUS, pôst'hù-mus. a.` Done, had, or
published after one's death.

POSTIL, pós'til. s. Gloss, marginal notes.
To POSTIL, pôs'til. v. a. To gloss, to illustrate
with marginal notes.
POSTILLER, pôs'til-år. s. One who glosses
or illustrates with marginal notes.
POSTILLION, pôs-tîl'yun.
s. 113. One who
guides the first pair of a set of six horses in a
coach; one who guides a post-chaise.
POSTMASTER, post'mås-tår.. s. One who has
the charge of a publick conveyance of letters.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL, post-más-tur-jễn'-
êr-ål. s. He who presides over the posts or
letter carriers.

POSTMERIDIAN, post-mè-rîd'è-ân. a. Being
in the afternoon. See MERIDIAN

POSSESSION, pôz-zêsh'ân. s. The state of owning or having in one's own hands or power. POSSESSIVE, pôz-zês'siv. a. Having posses-POSTOFFICE, póst'of-fls. s. Office where let

sion.

POSSESSORY, pôz'zês-sår-è. a. Having posses

sion.

For the same reason that I have placed the accent on the first syllable of Dimissory, I have placed it on the first syllable of this word; our language seems to prefer deriving it from the Latin possessorius, to forming it from our own word possess: and when this is the case, the accent is generally on the first syllable, because the secondary accent was on that syllable in the English pronunciation of the Latin word. See ACADEMY.-Dr. Johnson and Mr. Sheridan give this word the same accentuation as I have done; but most of our other orthčepists accent | the second syllable.

POSSESSOR, pôz-zês'sûr. s. 166. Owner, master, proprietor.

POSSET, pos'sit. s. 99. Milk curdled with wine or any acid.

POSSIBILITY, pôs-sè-bîl'è-tè. s. The power of
being in any manner, the state of being possible.
POSSIBLE, pôs'sè-bl. a. 405. Having the pow-
er to be or to be done, not contrary to the na-
ture of things.

POSSIBLY, pôs'sè-blè. ad. By any power real-
ly existing; perhaps; without absurdity.
POST, póst. s. A hasty messenger, a courier
who comes and goes at stated times; quick
course or manner of travelling; situation, seat;

ters are delivered to the post, a posthouse.
To POSTPONE, post-pone. v. a. To put off, to
delay; to set in value below something else.
POSTSCRIPT, pòst'skript. s. The paragraph
added to the end of a letter.
POSTULANT, pôs'tshi lånt. s. A candidate.-
Mason.

To POSTULATE, pôs'tshů-låte. v. a. To beg
or assume without proof.
POSTULATE, pôs'tshu-lât. s. 91. Position
supposed or assumed without proof.
POSTULATION, pôs-tshů-là'shẳn. s. The act
of supposing without proof, gratuitous assump

tion.

POSTULATORY, pôs'tshů-là-tûr-è. a. 512. As-
For the last o, see DOMESTICK.
suming without proof; assumed without proof.
POSTULATUM, pos-tshà-là'tům. s. 503. Posi
tion assumed without proof.

This is a Latin word which forms its plural sometimes like its original Postulatu, and sometimes as in English Postulatums: the former is the most eligible, if we are discoursing logically; and the latter, if we are speaking less method ically.

POSTURE, pôs'tshůre. s. 463. Place, situation; voluntary collocation of the parts of the body with respect to each other; state, disposition To POSTURE, pos'tshåre. v. a To put in any particular place or disposition

559.-Fåte, får, fåll, fất ;-mè, mệt,-plne, pîn ;—

POSTUREMASTER, pós’tshùr-mås-tår. s. One | POTTER, pot'tår. s. A maker of earthen vessels who teaches or practises artificial contortions| POTTERN-ORE, pôț'têrn-òre. s. of the body.

POSY, po'zě. s. A bunch of flowers; a motto on a ring.

Which serves

the potters to glaze their earthen vessels. POTTING, poting. part. a. 410. Drinking. POTTLE, pot'tl. s. 405. Liquid measure containing four pints.

courage by strong drink.

POT, pôt. s. A vessel in which meat is boiled on the fire; vessel to hold liquids; vessel made|POTVALIANŤ, pót-vâl'yânt. a. Heated with of earth; a perter vessel or mug holding a quart or pint of beer To go to pot; to be destroyed or devoured, To POT, pôt. v. a. To preserve seasoned meats in pots; to enclose in pots of earth. POTABLE, pota-bl. a. 405. Such as may be irank, drinkable.

POTABLENESS, pò'tå-bl-nës. s. Drinkableness.
POTARGO, po-tar'go. s. A West-Indian pickle.
POTASH, pot'âsh. s. Potash is an impure fixed
alkali, made generally by burning vegetables,
and lixiviating the ashes. United with oil or
fat, it forms soap.
POTATION, pò-tà'shản. S. Drinking bout,
draught.

POTATO, pó-tá'tò. s. An esculent root.
POTBELLIED, pót'bël-lid. a. 283. Having a
swollen paunch.

POTBELLY, pót'bêl-lè. s. A swelling paunch. To POTCH, pótsh. v. a. To poach, to boil slightly.

This word is more commonly and better written POACH.

POUCH, poûtsh. s. 313. A small bag, a pocket applied ludicrously to a big belly or a paunch. POVERTY, pôv'vår-tè. s. Indigence, necessity meanness, defect.

POULT, pólt. s. 318. A young chicken, particularly of a turkey.

This word is corrupted by the great as well as the small vulgar, into pout, rhyming with out. See ASPARAGUS and CUCUMBER. POULTERER, pól'tår-år. s. One whose trade is to sell fowls ready for the cook. POULTICE, pol'tis. s. 142. A cataplasm, a soft mollifying application.

To POULTICE, pòl'tis. v. a. 142. To apply a poultice or cataplasm.

POULTRY, pol'trẻ. s. Domestick fowls. POUNCE, põûnse. s. 313. The claw or talon of a bird of prey; the powder of gum sandarach.

To POUNCE, påånse. v. a. To pierce, to per forate; to pour, to sprinkle through small per forations; to seize with the pounces or talons. fel-POUNCED, påånst. a. 359. Furnished with claws or talons.

POTCOMPANION, pôt'kûm-pân'yan. s. A
low drinker, a good fellow at carousals.
POTENCY, pó tên sẽ. S. Power, influence;
efficacy, strength.

POTENT, po'tent. a. Powerful, efficacious;
having great authority or dominion, as, Potent
monarchs.

POTENTATE, pó'tën-tåte. s. 91.
91. Monarch,
prince, sovereign.

POUNCETBOX, pôân'sit-bôks. s. A small box perforated.

POUND, påånd. s. 313. A certain weight, consisting in Troy weight of twelve, in Avoirdupois of sixteen ounces; the sum of twenty shillings; a pinfold, an enclosure, a prison in which beasts are enclosed.

POTENTIAL, po-tên'shâl. a. Existing in possi-|To POUND, påånd. v. a. To beat, to grind with bility, rot in act; having the effect without the a pestle; to shut up, to imprison, as in a pound external actual property; efficacious, powerful.POUNDAGE, pôůnd'ídje. s. 90. A certain sum In Grammar, Potential is a mood denoting the deducted from a pound; payment rated by the possibility of doing any action. weight of the commodity.

POTFNTIALITY, pó-tễn-shè-âl'è-tè. s. 542. Pos-POUNDER, pôånd'år. s. 98. The name of a sibility, not actuality.

POTENTIALLY, po-tên shālẻ. ad. In power

of possibility, not in act or positively; in efficacy, not in actuality.

POTENTLY, po'tênt-lè. ad. Powerfully, forcibly. POTENTNESS, po'tênt-nês. s. Powerfulness, might, power.

FOIGUN, pôt'gån. s. (By mistake or corruption used for POPGUN.-Johnson.) A gun which makes a small smart noise.

POTHANGER, pôthắng-ur. s.

Hook or branch

on which the pot is hung over the fire. PGTHECARY, pôthẻ-ki rẻ. S. 470. compounds and sells medicines.

One who

This contraction of Apothecary is allowable in nothing but in Comick Poetry: "So modern 'pothecaries taught the art

By doctors' hills to play the doctor's part; "Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, "Prescribe, apply, and call their fasters fools." Pope's Essay on Crit. The other contraction, as if written Potecary, is almost too vulgar to deserve notice. POTHER, påтн'år. s. 165, 469. Bustle, tumult, flutter.

To POTHER, påтu'år. v. a. To make a blustering ineffectual effort.

POTHERB, pôt'êrb. s. 394. An herb fit for the

pot.

heavy large pear; any person or thing denominated from a certain number of pounds, as, a Ten-pounder, a gun that carries a bullet of ten pounds weight; a pestle.

To POUR, pour. v. a. 316. To let some liquid out of a vessel or into some place or receptacle; to emit, to give vent to, to send forth, to let out, to send in a continued course.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Dr Kenrick, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Smith, pronounce this word as I have done; Mr. Nares alone pro nounces it pore.

To POUR, pôår. v. n. To flow rapidly; to rusł
tumultuously.

POURER, pour'år. s. 98. One that pours.-Set
Principles, No. 316.

POUT, pôåt. s. 313. A kind of fish, a cod-fish

a kind of bird; a chick of a turkey. To POUT, pôåt. v. n. To look sullen by thrusting out the lips; to gape, to hang prominent. POWDER, poű'dár. s. 98, 322. Dust, any body comminuted; gunpowder; sweet dust for the hair.

To POWDER, påå'dår. v. a. To reduce to dust, to commninute, to pound small; to sprinkle as with dust; to salt, to sprinkle with salt. POWDERBOX, pou'dār-boks. s. A box in which powder for the hair is kept.

POWDERHORN, pôü'dår-hörn. s. A horn-case in which powder is kept for guns.

PÔTHOOK, pôť'hôỏk, s. Hooks to fasten pots or kettles with; also ill-formed or scrawling let-POWDERMILL, pòå'dâr-inîl ș. The mill in ters or characters.

POTION, po'shân. s. A draught, commonly a physical draught.

POTLID, pot'ud. s.

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which the ingredients for gun-powder are ground and mingled.

POWDER-ROOM, påå'dår-rôôm. s. The part of a ship in which the gunpowder is kept POTTAGE, pot'tidje. s. 90. Any thing boiled POWDER-CHESTS, pot'dur-tshêsts. s. Wood

or decocted for food

Cover of a pot.

en triangular chests filled with gunpowder, peb

-nò, môve, når, nôt,-tube, tub, båll;-dil;-pound;-thin, THIS.

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ble-stones, and such like materials, set on fire To PRAISE, praze. v. a. To commend, to ap when a ship is boarded by an enemy. plaud, to celebrate; to glorify in worship. FOWDERING-TUB, pou'dûr-ing-tüb. s. The PRAISEFUL, pråze fůl. a. Laudable, commen vessel in which meat is salted; the place in dable. which an infected lecher is physicked to preserve him from putrefaction. POWDERY, pôå'dår-è. s. Dusty, friable. POWER, pôû'år. s. 98, 322. Command, authority, dominion, influence; ability, force, reach; the moving force of an engine; faculty of the mind; sovereign, potentate; one invested with dominion; divinity; host, army, military force.

POWERFUL, pou'år-fůl. a. Invested with command or authority, potent; forcible, mighty; efficacious.

POWERFULLY, påå'år-fůl-d. ad. Potently,
mightily; efficaciously, forcibly.
POWERFULNESS, põû'år-fül-nês. s. Power,
efficacy, might.

POWERLESS, pôâ'ů-lês. a. Weak, impotent.
POX, pôks. s. Pustules, efflorescencies; the ve-

nereal disease.

Të POZE, póze. v. a. To puzzle.-See POSE and
APTOSE.

a. Com

PRAISER, práʼzûr. s. 98. One who praises, an
applauder, a commender.
PRAISEWORTHY, praze'wůr-THè.
mendable, deserving praise.
PRAME, prame. s. A flat-bottomed boat.
To PRANCE, pránse. v. n. 78, 79. To spring
and bound in high mettle; to ride gallantly
and ostentatiously; to move in a warlike, or
showy manner.

To PRANK, prångk. v. a. To decorate, to dress
or adjust to ostentation.

PRANK, prångk. s. 408. A frolick, a wild flight,
a ludicrous trick, a wicked act.
To PRATE, práte. v. u. To talk carelessly aud
without weight, to chatter, to tattle.
PRATE, pråte. s. Tattle, slight talk, unmean
ing loquacity.

PRATER, prå'tår. s. 98. An idle talker, a chat

terer.

PRATINGLY, pra'ting-lè. ad. 410. With tittle tattle, with loquacity.

PRACTICABILITY, pråk'tě-ka-bil'è-tè. s. Prac-To PRÁTTLE, prât'tl. v. n. 405. To talk lightly ticableness, a possibility of being performed.Seę IMPRACTICABILITY.

to chatter, to be trivially loquacious. PRATTLE,.prât'tl. s. Empty talk, trifling loquacity.

PRATTLER, prât'lår. s. 98. A trifling talker a
chatterer.

PRAVITY, prâv'è-tè. s.
malignity.

Corruption, aduess

PRAWN, pråwn. s. A small crustaceous fish like a shrimp, but larger.

To PRAY, prà. v. n. To make petitions to Heaven; to entreat, to ask submissively. I pray, or Pray, singly, is a slightly ceremonious form of introducing a question.

PRACTICABLE, prâk'tè-kå-bl. a. Performable, feasible, capable to be practised; assailable, fit to be assailed. PRACTICABLENESS, pråk'té-ka-bl-nês. s. Possibility to be performed PRACTICABLY, pråk'tè-ká-ble. ad. In such a manner as may be performed. PRACTICAL, prâk'tè-kâl. a Relating to action, not merely speculative. PRACTICALLY, pråk'tè-kål lè. ad. In relation to action; by practice, in real fact. PRACTICÁLNESS, pråk'té-kâl-nés. S. The quality of being practical. PRACTICE, pråk'tis. s. 142. The habit of doing any thing, use, customary use; dexterity acquired by habit; actual performance distinguished from theory; method or art of doing any thing; medical treatment of diseases; exercise of any profession; wicked stratagem,To PREACH, prètsh. v. u. 227. To pronounce bad artifice. In this last seose not now in use. PRACTICK, pråk'tik. a. Relating to action, not merely theoretical.

To PRAY, prà. v. a. To supplicate, to implore, to address with petitions; to ask for as a supplicant; to entreat in ceremony or form. PRAYER, pra'ûr. s. 98. Petition to Heaven; entreaty, submissive importunity. PRAYERBOOK, prá ́år-bỏỏk. S. Book of pub lick or private devotions.

a publick discourse upon sacred subjects. To PREACH, prětsh. v. a. To proclaim or publish in religious orations; to inculcate publickly, to teach with earnestness.

To PRACTISE, pråk'tis. v. a. 499. To do habitually; to do, not merely to profess, as, To|PREACHER, prètsh'ar. s.. 93. One who dispractise law or physick; to ase in order to habit and dexterity.

To PRACTISE, pråk'tis. v n. To have a habit of acting in any manner foruled; to transact, to negotiate secretly; to use bad ats or strata gems; to use medical methods; to exercise any profession

FRACTISANT, prâk'tîz-ânt. s. An agent. Not

in use.

courses publickly upon religious subjects; one who is apt to harangue tediously in discourse. ||PREACHMENT, pretsh'ment. s. A sermon or other discourse mentioned in contempt. ||PREAMBLE, prè'åm-bl. s. 405. Something previous, introduction, preface. FREANTÉPENULTIMATE, pré-ân-tè-pé-nålté-måte. a. The fourth syllable from the last. PREAPPREHENSION, pre-ap-prẻ hẻn shun. 8. Preconception.

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PRACTISER, pråk'tis-sûr. s. 98. One that prac-
tises any thing, one that does any thing habitu-||
ally; one who prescribes medical treatment.
PRACTITIONER, pråk-tish'ån-år. s. One who
is engaged in the actual exercise of any art;
one who does any thing habitually.
PRÆCOGNITA, prẻ-kog'nè-tâ. s. 92. Things
previously known in order to understand some-
thing else.

PRAGMATICK, prâg-mât'tîk. 509.
PRAGMATICAL, prag-mât'tè-kâl.

without invitation.

a. Med

dling, impertinently busy, assuming business PRAGMATICALLY, prâg-mắt ́tè-kâl-é. ad. Med-|| dlingly, impertinently.

PRAGMATICALNESS, pråg-mât'tè-kâl-uês. s. The quality of intermeddling without right or call.

FRAISE, praze. s. 202. Renown, commendation, celebrity; glorification, tribute of gratiude, laud, ground or reason of praise.

PREBEND, prêb'ênd. s. A stipend granted in cathedral churches; sometimes, but improperly, a stipendiary of a cathedral; a prebendary. PREBENDAL, prè-bến'dâl. a. Appertaining to a prebend.-Mason.

PRÉBENDARY, prêb'ẻn-dẻr-è. s. 512. A sti-
pendiary of a cathedral.
PRECARIOUS, pré-ka'ré-ůs. Dependant,
uncertain because depending on the will of an-
other, held by courtesy.
PRECARIOUSLY, pré-ka'rè-is-lè. ad. Uncer-
tainly, by dependance, dependantly.
PRECARIOUSNESS, prè-káʼrè-ůs-nés. s. Un-
certainty, dependance on others.
PRECAUTION, prẻ-kåw'shân. s. Preservative
caution, preventive measures.

To PRECAUTION, prè-kảw shẳn. v. a. To warn
beforehand.

PRECEDANEOUS, près-è-då'nè-ås. a. ́Previous, antecedent.