PREEN Preen, n. Etym: [AS. preón a clasp, bodkin; akin to D. priem punch, bodkin, awl, G. pfriem, Icel. prjonn a knitting needle, pin, Dan. preen a bodkin, punch.]
Defn: A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
PREEN
Preen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preened; p. pr. & vb. n. Preening.] Etym:
[See Preen, n.; or cf. Prune.]
1. To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; — said of birds. Derham.
2. To trim up, as trees. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
PREENGAGE
Pre`ën*gage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preëngaged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preëngaging.]
Defn: To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously;
to preoccupy.
But he was preëngaged by former ties. Dryden.
PREENGAGEMENT
Pre`ën*gage"ment, n.
Defn: Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract,
promise, or affection.
My preëngagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom
I was to write. Boyle.
PREERECT
Pre`ë*rect", v. t.