. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... ght orfoolislily; to babble. The iiecesoity for hla giving up pruting proverbs,—Daili/ Telegraph, Sept 7, 1B65. prate, s. [Pbate. v.] Tattle; idle or sillytalk; chatter; unmeaning loquacity. So let tliPiii pas? their hearts with pratetf Of eqaal rights, wkich man neer knew. Byron: Sride o/ Ab^dot, itiO. • prate-ful, a. [En^^. prate; -/«?()•] Chat-teriijg, loquacious. Thepeople
. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... ght orfoolislily; to babble. The iiecesoity for hla giving up pruting proverbs,—Daili/ Telegraph, Sept 7, 1B65. prate, s. [Pbate. v.] Tattle; idle or sillytalk; chatter; unmeaning loquacity. So let tliPiii pas? their hearts with pratetf Of eqaal rights, wkich man neer knew. Byron: Sride o/ Ab^dot, itiO. • prate-ful, a. [En^^. prate; -/«?()•] Chat-teriijg, loquacious. Thepeople are leupraCe/nl,—Taylor q/Norwich:Memoirs, i. 208. prat-er, s. [Eng. prati/); -er.] One wlioprates ; an idle talker ; a chatterer ; one whotalks without reason or purpose. Whiit! a speaker is but a pr-iter; ? rhyme is buta °—Shakesp.: Benry V., v. iL * prat-ic, s. [Pratique.] pra-1m - cole, s. [Lathams rendering ofpratincola, the name given to Glareola, pratin-cola by Kramer in IToli.] Ornith.: A name first applied to Glareolapiutincola, and afteivsards extended to tlieotlier species of the t^^nus The Pi-atincolesare small, slenderly built, delicately colouredbirds, with ^_, ^^fen- -_J -p^^. PRATINCOLE. India, China, and Plovers, they run very swiftly, and nidi-ficate on the ground, but they feed, in part,on the wing. The young are clothed in down,and are able to run on emerging from tlie shell. prat-ing, pr. par. or a, [Prate, v.] prat^ing-lSr, adv. [En^. prating : -ly.] In aprating manner; with idle or foolish talk. pra-tique, •prat-tique (que as k), s. [Fr., Itai. pratlica; Sp. pratica.] [Practice.]1. Comm.: Liberty or licence of converse orcommunication between a ship and the portat which it arrives ; hence, a licence or per-mission to hold intercourse and trade with aport, after having undergone quai-aiitine, orupon a certificate that the place from whichthe vessel has arrived is free from any in-fectious disease. The term is used espe
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