Definition of prig

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Prig (v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief..

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Ronde :: Ronde (n.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look..
Prigidity :: Prigidity (n.) The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.
Vivid :: Vivid (a.) Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination..
Cross :: Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals..
Abature :: Abature (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
Caprigenous :: Caprigenous (a.) Of the goat kind.
Umbellularia :: Umbellularia (n.) A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base..
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing..
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
Squarroso-dentate :: Squarrose (a.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell..
Butment :: Butment (n.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier..
Stud :: Stud (n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed..
Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..
Sprightful :: Spright (v. t.) To haunt, as a spright..
Righteousness :: Righteousness (n.) The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.
Priggism :: Priggism (n.) The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig.
Spriggy :: Sprigged (a.) Having sprigs.
Montant :: Montant (n.) An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a stile.
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm positio.
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