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v. i. To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See Plum. ] A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. [ 1913 Webster ]

German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. --
Prune tree. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Prunus (Prunus domestica), which produces prunes. (b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis. --
South African prune (Bot.), the edible fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Pappea Capensis). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., perhaps from G. bræune quinsy, croup. ] (Med.) (a) Angina, or angina pectoris. (b) Thrush. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prunella salt (Old Chem.), niter fused and cast into little balls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of prune. See Prune, n. ] A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. prunelle, probably so called from its color resembling that of prunes. See Prune, n. ] A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prunelle, dim. of prune. See Prune a plum. ] A species of dried plum; prunelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum mœstum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa. [ 1913 Webster ]