The Standard Intermediate-School Dictionary of the English Language; Designed to Give the Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Etymology of about (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... surface by any process. 4. That which is printed. pri'or, prai'gr. I. a. Preceding in time, order, or importance. II. n. A monastic officer next in rank below an abbot. L., former, earlier.--pri'or-ess, n.fem.--prl-or'I-ty, n. Antecedence; superiority.--pri'or-y, n. pri'Ok-iks-, pl. A monastic house presided over by a prior or prioress. prism, prizm, v. 1. A solid whose bases or ends are any similar equal and parallel plane figures, and whose lateral h i faces are parallelograms. 2. The spectrum. Gr. prisma, lit. something sawed,1 prizo, saw.--prls-mat'ic, a. 1. Refracted or formed by a prism: re-r, sembling the spectrum; exhibiting "tomttriLai rainbow tints. 2. Pertaining to prisms, or shaped like a prism, prig-a, triangular; mil r'ir-iilt. &-octagonal; c, pris'on, priz'n. I. vt. To im-pentagonal, prison. II. n. A place of confinement. F., L, prettsion-), seizing, prehendo, seize.--pris'on-er, n. A captive; one held In custody. pris'tin(e, pris'tin, a. Pertaining to the earliest state or time. "L. pristinus, primitive. prith'ee, pridh'T. I pray thee. pri'va-cy, prai'va-si, n.-cies1, pi. 1. The condition of being private. 2. A matter that is private. 3. A place of seclusion. pri'vate. I. a. 1. Retired; secluded; secret. 2. Personal or unofficial; without rank. S. Disposed to be secretive or reticent. 4. Not common orgeneral. II. n. A common soldier. L. privatvs, pp. of privo, separate.--pri"va-tecr', prai"va-tlr', n. 1. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war under letters of marque. "Z, One who engages in privateering. pri-va'tion, prai-vS'shun, n. 1. The state of lacking something necessary or desirable; want of the common comforts of life. 2. Deprivation. OF., L....