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4. An artful means.

_Dunbar._

5. A trick of legerdemain, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

6. A necromantic exploit, S.

_Dunbar._

7. A mischievous trick, or any wicked act, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _praktik_, craft; Mod. Sax. _practycke_, astrology.

_To_ PRECELL, _v. n._ To excel.

_Lyndsay._

PRECLAIR, _adj._ Supereminent, Fr.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ PREFFER, _v. a._ To excel; Lat. _praefer-o_.

_Complaynt S._

_To_ PREIF, PRIEVE, PREVE, PREE, _v. a._

1. To prove.

_Douglas._

2. To taste; corr. _prie_, S.

_Pal. Hon._

3. To find by examination.

_Wallace._

PREYNE, PRENE, PREIN, PRINE, PRIN, _s._

1. A pin made of wire, S.