An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

PRAELOQUUTOUR, s. An advocate.
V. [Prolocutor].

PRAY, s. A meadow.
Douglas.

Fr. pré, id. Lat. pratum.

PRAP, s. A mark, S.
V. [Prop].

To Prap, v. a.
1. To set up as a mark, S.
2. To prap stanes at any thing, to throw stones, by taking aim at some object, S. B.

PRAT, PRATT, s.
1. A trick, S.
Doug.
2. A wicked action, S.
Forbes.

A. S. praett, craft, Isl. prett-ur, guile.

Pratty, adj. Tricky, S.; pretty, S. B. often ill-pretty.
Ruddiman.

PRATTIK, PRETTIK, PRACTIK, PRACTIQUE, s.
1. Practice, experience.
Lyndsay.
2. A stratagem in war; protick, S. B.
Douglas.
3. Form of proceeding in a court of law; a forensic term.

Fr. practique.