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Prairie Wolf – Pre-Emption

Prairie Wolf

or COYOTE (Canis latrans), the small wolf which is found on the prairies in North America, believed by many to be a mere variety of the European wolf. It is a cowardly animal, and only dangerous to man when in packs and pressed by hunger.

Prase

in mineralogy: (1) A dull leek-green chalcedony, owing its color to the presence of exceedingly fine granular chlorite. (2) A green crystallized quartz found at Breitenbrunn, Saxony; the color is due to inclosed fine filaments of green asbestiform actinolite. exceedingly granular

Prato

often called PRATO IN TOS- CANA, a walled town of Italy, 10/½ miles S. E. of Pistoia and 11 N. W. of Florence; has a citadel and a cathedral with frescoes by Filippo Lippi, though the see has been united with that of Pistoia since 1653. There are manufactures of straw plait, cloth, and paper works. Pop. about 20,000.

Pratt Institute

a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Brooklyn, N. Y.; founded in 1887. Reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 148; students, 4,743; president, F. B. Pratt.

Prawn

in zoölogy, Palæmon serratus, and, less properly, any other species of the genus. Its ordinary length is about four inches; color bright gray, spotted and lined with darker purplish gray. It is a favorite article of food, and is found in vast numbers in the North Atlantic.

Preadamitism

the teaching of Isaac de la Peyrère (1592-1676), a French Calvinist, who asserted that Paul had revealed to him that Adam was not the first man created. Peyrère published a treatise in 1655, based on Romans v: 12-14, but it was publicly burnt, and he was imprisoned at Brussels. His views, however, were espoused by many people.

Prebend

the stipend or maintenance granted to a canon of a cathedral or collegiate church out of its estate; a canonry in England. A simple prebend is one restricted to the revenue only; a dignitary prebend has jurisdiction annexed to it.

Precedent

a judicial decision, interlocutory or final, which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar cases; also a form of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.

Precious Metals

gold and silver, so called on account of their value.

Predestination

the act of ordaining, decreeing, or determining events beforehand. In theology, foreordination. The word "predestination" does not occur in the authorized version of the Bible.

Predicate

in grammar, the word or words in a proposition which expresses what is affirmed or denied of the subject. In logic, the term in a proposition, expressing that quality which, by the copula, is affirmed or denied of the subject.

Pre-Emption

the act or right of buying before others. Also, the right of a settler on lands to purchase in preference to others, when the land is sold.