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▪ I. † prag, n.1 Obs.
[Origin obscure: perh. earlier form of prog.]
? A pin, nail, or spike.
1354Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 92 In mercede fabri facientis pragges et lokats de ferro suo proprio pro fenestris figendis. Ibid. 92, 93 Prages, Pragges.
▪ II. † prag, pragge, n.2 Obs. slang.
[Origin uncertain: cf. prig.]
? One who ‘prigs’; a thief.
1592Greene Disput. Wks. (Grosart) X. 206 More full of wyles to get crownes, than the cunningest Foyst, Nip, Lift, Pragges, or whatsoeuer that liues at this day.
▪ III. † prag, v. Obs. or ? dial. rare.
In 6 pragg.
[Origin unascertained.]
trans. To stuff, cram, fill.
1567Drant Horace, Epist. i. C j, O, neyghbours, neyghbours, first get coyne, firste hardlye pragge the purse. Ibid. vii. D iv, Againe With pragged paunche assayde to goe. 1866J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs., Pragged with things, having a great abundance. |