She prays with her knees upwards; said of a woman much given to gallantry and intrigue. At her last prayers; saying of an old maid.
·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
to drive the pray ; to drive the cattle home from the field. Sedgemoor. Fr. PRE. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose