to drive the pray ; to drive the cattle home from the field. Sedgemoor. Fr. PRE.
·noun & ·v ·see <<Pry>>. II. Pray ·vt To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to e...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
She prays with her knees upwards; said of a woman much given to gallantry and intrigue. At her last ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose