pristiurus

[Pref. pristi-, and Gr. our a =a Ichthy.: A genus of Scylliide, allied to Scyllium (q. v.), but having small flat spines on each side of the upper edge of the caudal fin. There is but a single species Pristiurus melanos tom us, the Black mouthed Dogfish. pritch, s . [A softened form of prick (q. v.).] 1. A sharp-pointed instrument; an instrument for making holes in the ground. 2. An eel-spear with several prongs. *3. Offense, pique. "The least word uttered awry, the least conceit taken, or pritch."- Rogers . Naaman the Syrian, p. 270. pritch'-el, s . [Eng. pritch ; dim in. suff. -el .] Forging : The tool employed for punching out or enlarging the nail-holes in a horseshoe. prith-eě, interj. [A corrupt of pray thee, or I pray thee. The I is generally omitted.] Pray. "Away! I prithee leave me!"- Rowe Jane Shore. prit-tle-prăt-tle, s . [A reduplication of prattle (q. v.).] Empty talk; chattering, loquacity, tittle tattle. "It is plain prittleprattle ."-Bramhall: Church of England Defended, p. 46. pri-va-çỹ, *pri-va-cie, s . [Eng. priva ( te ); -cy.] 1. The quality or state of being private, secret, or in retirement from the company or observation of others; secrecy. 2. A place of retirement or seclusion; a retreat; a place in which one is private. "Woe to the va al who durst pry Into Lord Marmion's privacy ! " Scott: Marmion, iii. 15. *3. Joint knowledge; privity. "Frog is to hearken to any composition with out your privacy." - Arbuthnot: Hist. John Bull. *4. Secrecy, concealment. ( Shakesp .) *5. Taciturnity. ( Ains worth .) *6. A private or secret matter; a secret. "The judgment of Master Calvin now no longer a privacie."-Fuller: Church Hist., VII. ii. 18. *pri-va-dō, s. [Sp.] A secret or intimate friend. [PRIVATE.] pri-văt', a . [Ger.=private.] (See compound.) privat-docent, subst . A graduate of a German University who is admitted on his own application to the governing body, and after giving evidence of adequate qualifications, is recognized as a member of its staff of teachers. His lectures are announced the official notice-board, side by side with those IMG:content-1545.png:[blocks in formation] Law : A way or pa age in which a man has a right and interest, though the ground may belong to another person. II. Grammar : privileged 1. A prefix or suffix to a word which changes its signification, and gives it a meaning the opposite to its original meaning; as, un , in- , as in unhappy, inhuman, or le , as in joyle , . 2. A word which not only predicates negation of a quality in an object, but also involves the suggestion that the absent quality is naturally inherent in it, and is absent through lo or other privative cause. privative jurisdiction, s . Scots Law : A court is said to have privative jurisdiction in a particular cla of causes, when it is the only court entitled to adjudicate judicial causes. priv-a-tive-lý, adv . [Eng. privative ; -ly.] 1. In a privative manner; with the force of a *pri-vate, v . t . [Lat. privatus , pa. par. of privo privative. =to deprive.] To deprive. " Privated of their lyues and worldely felicitee."- Hall : Richard III . (an. 3.)