Defn: An enterprise. [Obs.] Spenser.
PRISE
Prise, n. & v.
Defn: See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t.
PRISER
Pris"er, n.
Defn: See 1st Prizer. [Obs.]
PRISM
Prism, n. Etym: [L. prisma, Gr. prisme.]
1. (Geom.)
Defn: A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.
Note: Prisms of different forms are often named from the figure of their bases; as, a triangular prism, a quadrangular prism, a rhombic prism, etc.
2. (Opt.)