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▪ I. † prine Obs. rare.
[ad. late L. prīn-us (Vulg.), a. Gr. πρῖν-ος holm oak, ilex. Cf. OF. prin (Godef.).]
Also prine tree: The holm or evergreen oak; ilex.
a1400Pistill of Susan 342 (Vern. MS.) Þat roþly cherl..seide bifore þe prophet: þei pleied bi a prine [MS. Phil. pryne; MSS. Ing., Cott. pyne; Vulg. (Dan. xiii. 58) sub prino]. 1609Bible (Douay) Susanna i. 58 Tel me, under what tree thou tookest them speaking one to an other. Who said: Under a prine tree [1611 a holme tree].
▪ II. prine
obs. form of preen, pin, brooch. |