Defn: An anterior zygapophysis.
PRIAL
Pri"al, n.
Defn: A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n.
PRIAN
Pri"an, n. Etym: [Cornish, clayey ground, from pri clay.] (Mining)
Defn: A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles. [Written also pryan.]
PRIAPEAN
Pri`a*pe"an, n. Etym: [Cf. L. Priapeius pertaining to Priapus.] (Lat.
Pros.)
Defn: A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; — applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each. Andrews.
PRIAPISM Pri"a*pism, n. Etym: [L. priapismus, Gr. Priapus the god of procreation, the penis, Gr. priapisme.] (Med.)
Defn: More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, with or without sexual desire.
PRIAPULACEA
Pri*ap`u*la"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Priapism.] (Zoöl.)