pryann.

Brit.

/ˈprʌɪən/, U.S.

/ˈpraɪən/

Forms: 1600s– pryan, 1700s– prian; also Scottish pre-1700 pryon, pre-1700 pryoun.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Cornish, combined with an English element. Etymons: Cornish pry , -en suffix⁴.

Etymology: Apparently < Cornish pry clay (Middle Cornish pry ; cognate with Welsh pridd soil, earth, Early Irish cré soil, earth, clay (Irish cré ), further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to classical Latin crēta chalk: see cretaceous adj.) + a suffix of uncertain origin, perhaps -en suffix⁴, although this usually forms adjectives.Cornish pryen clayey place is < English. The word is first attested in Scotland, where it was apparently introduced by Cornish miners.

Mining. In later use chiefly English regional (Cornwall).

Soft white gravelly clay. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > particular qualities of clay

pryan1631

fireclay1686

pâte tendre1858

pâte dure1863

1631 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1894) VIII. 583/1 Mineralia auri et argenti..cum lie ure et pryoun eorundem, infra ejus bondas terrarum et baronie de Craufurdjohne, vic. Lanerk.

1653 J. Hope Diary in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1919) III. 155 The earth..lay all in litle heapes as if it had beene new coupped out of hurlebarrowes just as my pryon does about the schacht mouths when first taken out.

1678 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 950 This gravelly Tinn they [sc. the Cornish] distinguish from that which is gathered from the Stones, calling it Pryan Tinn.

1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Pryan Tin, is a sort of Tin that is found mix'd with a Gravelly Earth, sometimes White, but usually Red.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis i. ii. 12 Our clear Pryan Tin Lodes likewise yield a soft alkalescent Water.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 166 Pryan, ore in small pebbles mixed with clay.

1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall Pryan lode, a flookan lode, as a soft clayey vein of tin.

1963 E. J. Pryor Dict. Min. Technol. 306 Prian, Cornish. Soft white clay.

Derivatives

ˈpryany adj. consisting of or containing pryan.

ΚΠ

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis i. ii. 73 Soft Grouan..can scarcely be called a Stone; for it is rather a sandy or priany Stratum of Moorstone gravel, not cemented together.

1793 R. Polwhele Hist. Views Devonshire iv. 109 Another picks out the stones of Tin from the Garde or smaller pryany part of it.

1818 W. Phillips Geol. 203 A vein is said to be a pryany load, when the tin or copper ore does not occur in a compound state, but when the stones..are found mixed loosely with other substances.

1887 R. Hunt Brit. Mining (ed. 2) 909/2 Garde, small pryany matter, coarse sand separated in dressing tin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pryan
释义	pryann. Brit. /ˈprʌɪən/, U.S. /ˈpraɪən/ Forms: 1600s– pryan, 1700s– prian; also Scottish pre-1700 pryon, pre-1700 pryoun. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Cornish, combined with an English element. Etymons: Cornish pry , -en suffix⁴. Etymology: Apparently < Cornish pry clay (Middle Cornish pry ; cognate with Welsh pridd soil, earth, Early Irish cré soil, earth, clay (Irish cré ), further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to classical Latin crēta chalk: see cretaceous adj.) + a suffix of uncertain origin, perhaps -en suffix⁴, although this usually forms adjectives.Cornish pryen clayey place is < English. The word is first attested in Scotland, where it was apparently introduced by Cornish miners. Mining. In later use chiefly English regional (Cornwall). Soft white gravelly clay. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > particular qualities of clay pryan1631 fireclay1686 pâte tendre1858 pâte dure1863 1631 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1894) VIII. 583/1 Mineralia auri et argenti..cum lie ure et pryoun eorundem, infra ejus bondas terrarum et baronie de Craufurdjohne, vic. Lanerk. 1653 J. Hope Diary in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1919) III. 155 The earth..lay all in litle heapes as if it had beene new coupped out of hurlebarrowes just as my pryon does about the schacht mouths when first taken out. 1678 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 950 This gravelly Tinn they [sc. the Cornish] distinguish from that which is gathered from the Stones, calling it Pryan Tinn. 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Pryan Tin, is a sort of Tin that is found mix'd with a Gravelly Earth, sometimes White, but usually Red. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis i. ii. 12 Our clear Pryan Tin Lodes likewise yield a soft alkalescent Water. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 166 Pryan, ore in small pebbles mixed with clay. 1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall Pryan lode, a flookan lode, as a soft clayey vein of tin. 1963 E. J. Pryor Dict. Min. Technol. 306 Prian, Cornish. Soft white clay. Derivatives ˈpryany adj. consisting of or containing pryan. ΚΠ 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis i. ii. 73 Soft Grouan..can scarcely be called a Stone; for it is rather a sandy or priany Stratum of Moorstone gravel, not cemented together. 1793 R. Polwhele Hist. Views Devonshire iv. 109 Another picks out the stones of Tin from the Garde or smaller pryany part of it. 1818 W. Phillips Geol. 203 A vein is said to be a pryany load, when the tin or copper ore does not occur in a compound state, but when the stones..are found mixed loosely with other substances. 1887 R. Hunt Brit. Mining (ed. 2) 909/2 Garde, small pryany matter, coarse sand separated in dressing tin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631
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