I am come to speak of the præcord i all region of the bodie

Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxx. 5. II. n. pl. The precordial parts. [Rare.] precordial Wheras coulde is wantinge, the naturall heate is not dryuen fro me the owtewarde partes into the inwarde partes and pre cordials , whereby digestion is much strengthened. R. Eden , tr. of Peter Martyr (First Books on America, [ed. Arber, p. 118). pre corneal, præcorneal (prē-kôr nē-al), a . [ præ , before, + NL. cornea , cornea.j Situated on the front of the cornea of the eye. precosene t, n. See precocene . pre course (pre-kōrs'), v . t .; pret. and pp. pre coursed, ppr. pre coursing . [ pre- + course , v . Cf. precurse.] To go before as a herald or precursor; herald the approach of; announce; prognosticate. [Rare.] The sea had strangely flattened; the weighty swells which had pre coursed the growth of the storm had run away down the eastern waters. prey: see prey2 .] Living by prey; disposed to prey or plunder; predatory. predalt (pre'dal), a . [L. præda , booty, spoil (see prey2 ), + -al .] Plundering; pillaging; predatory. So England next the lustful Dane survey'd; Allur'd, the predal raven took his flight, Her coasts at first attempting to invade, And violate her sweets with rude delight. S. Boyse , The Olive, i. predate (pre-dāt'), v . t .; pret. and pp. predated , ppr. predating . [ pre- + datel .] 1. To antedate; date before the actual time: as, to pre date a bond.-2. To po e an earlier date than; precede in date. The Bonnington, or Lawday, oak is not a boundary tree, but it predates the times the Tudors. W. C. Ru ell , Death Ship, xl. precritical (pre-krit'i-kal), a. [ pre- + crit i cal.] Previous to the development of Kant's critical philosophy and to the publication of his "Critique of the Pure Reason." The statement of the question carries one inevitably to the precritical philosophies, to Cartes i an ism. Mind , XII. 124. The precritical period of Kant's development. Encyc . Brit ., XIII. 847. precular (prek'u-lär), n . [L. precari , pray: see pray1 . Cf. ML. precula , chaplet.] A prayer man; a beadsman; one bound to pray periodically for the founder or founders of the religious benefaction which he enjoys. N. and Q., 7th ser., VII. 486. predation (prē-dā'shon), n . [L. prædatio (n-), a plundering, prædari , pp. prædat us , plunder: see prey2 , v .] The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery; predatory incursion. For the i were charged with greate sommes of money to the kyng, and now this sodain visit a cion or predacion cleane shaued them. Hall , Hen. IV., an. 17. Predatores (pred-a-tōʻrēz), n. pl . [NL., prædat or , a plunderer, prædari , pp. prædat us , plunder: see prey2 , v .] Swains on's name of a tribe of coleopterous insects, containing such as are predatory or adephagous and prey on other insects, including the families Cicinde lidæ , Carabidæ , Dytiscidæ, Silphidæ , and Sta [ pre cuneal, præcuneal (pre-kūnē-al), a . L. præ , before, + cuneus , wedge: see cuneus and præcuneus .] Situated in front of the cuneus of the brain: specifically noting the quadrate lobule, or præcuneus. [ præcur pre cuneus, n . See præcuneus . pre current (pre-kur'ent), a . ren (t-) s , ppr. of præcurrere , run before, præ , before, + currere , run: see current1 .] Running Curet ending ing forward; specifically, in zoöl . , extending cephalad; antrorse: the opposite of recurrent . site precurrert (prē-kėr'ėr), n . [L. præcurrere , run before (see pre current ), + E. -er1.] A precur sor; a forerunner. Thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend. Shak ., Phœnix and Turtle, 1. 6. precurset (prē-kėrs'), n. [ præcursus , a coming or going before, præcurrere , run before: see pre current , and cf. course1 .] A forerunning; a heralding; prognostication. Even the like precurse of fierce events, As harbingers preceding still the fates,.. Have heaven and earth together demonstrated Unto our climatures and countrymen. predatorily (pred'a-to-ri-li), adv . In a predatory manner; with pillaging or plundering. predatorine (predʼa-to-ri-nes), n . The character of being predatory; inclination to prey or plunder. predator i oust (pred-a-toʻri-us), a . [ predatory .] Preda tory. They become predator i ous and adulterous, consumption ary and culinary, false and base fires.