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Prisage
- - A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this. Blackstone. (b) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
Prising
- verb - make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
- regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
Prisons
- noun - a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
Pristis
- noun - type genus of the Pristidae
Prithee
- - A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I.
Privacy
- noun - the condition of being concealed or hidden
- the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
Privado
- - A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant.
Private
- adjective - an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
- concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"
- concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters"
- confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"
- not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"
Privets
- noun - any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges