An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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Chapter 636 : 1. Print, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. Impression of a die.
_Acts Ja. III._
3. A deep impre
1. Print, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. Impression of a die.
_Acts Ja. III._
3. A deep impression made on the mind.
_Wallace._
4. Likeness.
_Douglas._
~Prentar~, _s._ A printer.
PRES, _s._ Throng.
V. ~Preis~.
PRESERVES, _s. pl._ Spectacles which magnify little or nothing, S.
PRESOWNE, _s._ A prisoner.
_Wyntown._
PRESSYT. L. _prissyt_, praised.
_Barbour._
PREST, PRETE, _part. pa._ Ready. Fr.
_Douglas._
PRESTABLE, _adj._ Payable.
_Act Sed._
Fr. _prest-er_, Lat. _praest-are_.
PRETTY, _adj._
1. Small; p.r.o.n. _e_ as _ai_ in _fair_, S. B.
2. Including the idea of neatness, conjoined with smallness of size, S.
B.
3. Mean, contemptible.
_Douglas._
4. Handsome, well-made, S.
_Spalding._
5. Polite, accomplished, S.
V. ~Proty~.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
PRETTY-DANCERS, _s. pl._ The aurora borealis, S. B.
_To_ PREVADE, _v. n._ To neglect.
_Baillie._
_To_ PREVENE, PREVEEN, _v. a._ To _prevent_.
Lat. _praevenio_.
_Douglas._
PREVENTATIVE, _s._ Preventive, S.
_To_ PREVERT, _v. a._ To antic.i.p.ate.
Lat. _praevert-o_.
_Douglas._
PREVES, _pl._
1. Proofs.
