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

Baillie.
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.
Ramsay.
2. A thing of no value, S.
Wallace.

Su. G. Dan. pren, any sharp instrument; Isl. prionn, a needle, or large pin.

To Prein, Prene, Prin, v. a. To pin, S.
Dunbar. Ramsay.

Prein-cod, s. A pin-cushion, S.