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preesht, preest, priest, priest$s_rung, priestheid, priesthood, priestie,
priest [prist]
n. A priest. col. A small club for killing salmon.
dim. priestie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
priestheid [-hid]: The priestly order. The priests or clergy collectively.
priest's rung: WC. The wild arum or cuckoo-pint Arum maculatum
preeg, prig, prigg, prigg$t, prigged, priggin, priggin$, priggit,
prig [prɪg]
n. The act of bargaining, a haggle.
v. To haggle over the price of a commodity, to bargain. With doun: to beat down the price of an article by bargaining. With at or wi a person for a thing: to plead, be importunate with a person for something. To beseech, entreat or importune someone.
pt. pp. priggit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
priggin [ˈprɪgɪn]: Haggling.
prime, primest, pryme, prymest,
prime [prəim]
adv. Prime. Very well, excellently.
adj. Ready, prepared, eager.
superl. primest The most prime.
v. To fill, stuff, load, charge.
primp, primped, primpet, primpie, primpit, primpy, primsie, primsy,
primp [prɪmp]
n. A person of stiff, affected manner.
adj. Fastidious, straight-laced, prim, haughty, conceited.
v. To make prim and over-neat, to arrange or do up in a stiff, affected way, to dress or deck out in a consciously correct style. To behave or talk in a mincing or affected style.
pt. pp. primpit adj. Stiff, formal, over-elaborate, correct.
 
primpy
adj. Affected in dress and manner.
 
primsie [ˈprɪmzi]
adj. Precise, affected.
pimrose, plumrock, plumrose, primrose, prumrose, pumrose,
primrose [ˈp(r)ɪmroːz, ˈp(r)ʌm-, plʌm-]
n. The primrose Primula vulgaris.
prence, prince, princess,
prince [prɪns]
n. A prince.
 
princess [ˈprɪnsɛs]
n. A princess.
preencipal, preenciple, prenciple, principal, principle,
principal [ˈprɪnsɪpl]
n. A document in its original form. The head of a college.
adj. Excellent, first-rate, outstandingly good. Of a document: original, not in the form of a copy.
oonprenciplt, preenciple, principle, principull, unpreencipelt, unprincipelt, weel-prenciplt, weel-principelt,
principle [ˈprɪnsɪpl]
n. A principle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
unprincipelt: Unprincipled.
weel-principelt: Having strong principles.
prank, prenk, prink, prinkan, prinkie, prinkit, prinky, prunk, prunkie, prunky,
prink [prɪŋk]
adj. Fine, smart in appearance or manner, well turned-out.
v. To make smart or pretty. Titivate, strut.
pt. pp. prinkit
 
prinkie
adj. Over-meticulous in dress or appearance. Fussy over details. Ostentatious, conceited.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
prinkit oot: Decked out.
prinkit up: Decked out.
pringle, pringlin, prinkle, prinklin, prunkle,
prinkle [ˈprɪŋkl]
n. MN. A young coalfish Pollachius virens.
v. To tingle, thrill, prickle, cause to tingle. To jab with a pin: twinkle, glitter, sparkle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
prinklin: Tingling, prickling.

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