a sea-bird. See Dove-Petrel.(Grk. priown, a saw.) The sides of its bill are likethe teeth of a saw.
1885. W. O. Legge, `Australasian Association for theAdvancement of Science' (Brisbane), p. 448:
«The name Prion, as almost universally applied elsewhere to the
Blue Petrels, has been kept [in Australia] as an English name.»
1870. E. B. Kennedy, `Four Years in Queensland,' p. 194:
«Another man used to teach his horse (which was free fromvice) to gallop full speed up to the verandah of a house, andwhen almost against it, the animal would stop in his stride (orprop), when the rider vaulted lightly over his head on to theverandah.»
1880. W. Senior, `Travel and Trout,' p.52:
«How on a sudden emergency the sensible animal willinstantaneously check his impetuosity, `prop,' and swing roundat a tangent.»
1884. Rolf Boldrewood,' Melbourne Memories,' c. xxi. p. 152:
«Traveller's dam had an ineradicable taste for propping.»
1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 153:
«His horse propped short, and sent him flying over its head.»