单词 prick-song 释义 prick-song Mus. Obs. exc. Hist.|prks|[Shortened from the early form pricked song, prickt song: cf. prick v. 13 and n. 3 b.]1. orig. pricked song: Mus......
单词 prick-seam 释义 prick-seam[f. prick n. or v. + seam.]A particular stitch used in glove-sewing. Also attrib. and comb., as prick-seam sewer, prick-seam sewing.1632B. ......
单词 prime minister 释义 prime ministerAlso Prime Minister, esp. in specific uses.[prime a. 2, minister n. 2, 3.]†1. generally. Used in the ordinary sense of the two wor......
单词 prick-post 释义 prick-post[f. prick n. + post n.1](See quot. 1842–76.)1587Harrison England ii. xii. (1877) i. 233 In the open..countries they are inforced for want ......
单词 primely 释义 primely, adv.|praml|[f. prime a. + -ly2.]1. In the first place, in the highest degree; firstly, primarily, originally. Now rare or Obs.1613W. Browne She......
单词 primeful 释义 † primeful, a. Obs. nonce-wd.[f. prime n.1 + -ful.]Characterized by being in the prime.1606Warner Alb. Eng. xiv. lxxxix. (1612) 361 A paire of Loues, ......
单词 pricknickety 释义 pricknickety, -nikity, a. Sc.arbitrary var. of pernickety a.1845–67Autobiog. Eliz. Grant (1898) 311, I was by nature tidy, had all the Raper metho......
单词 primegilt 释义 † primegilt Sc. Obs.In 6–7 pryme-, prym-.[? from prime v.1 1 + gilt = gelt, geld, payment.]= primage 1.1518–19Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1869) I. 187 To be......
单词 prick-me-dainty 释义 prick-me-dainty, n. and a. Now Sc. or arch.Also 6 pryckmedenty, prickmydante; 9 prig-, prick-my-dainty, prick ma dainty, -denty.[f. prick v. (se......
单词 primed 释义 primed, a.|pramd|[f. prime n.2 + -ed2.]Having the symbol ′ as a superscript.1927Proc. R. Soc. A. CXIII. 630 We shall make it a rule always to use........