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Definition of prial

prial
Pair Pair, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par equality, Peer an equal.] 1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. ``A pair of beads.' --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. ``Four pair of stairs.' --Macaulay. Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.] Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. --Beau. & Fl. 2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes. 3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. 4. A married couple; a man and wife. ``A happy pair.' --Dryden. ``The hapless pair.' --Milton. 5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows. 6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant] 7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three ``eight spots' etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. ``Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.' --Goldsmith. ``That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].' --Quarles. [Written corruptly parial and prial.] Syn: Pair, Flight, Set. Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A ``pair of stairs' is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, ``flight of stairs.'
Prial
Prial Pri"al, n. A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n.

Meaning of prial from wikipedia

- comprises 3 or 4 cards of the same rank and, usually, different suits. A prial, pair royal, gl**** or triplet is a set of 3 cards of equal rank and a quartet...
- of a three-card hand. By convention a prial (three of a kind) ranks first, above a straight flush, despite a prial being marginally more likely than a straight...
- wrote a series of novels about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars Prial, Frank J. (7 January 2000). "Patrick O'Brian, Whose 20 Sea Stories Won Him...
- Frank J. Prial (November 4, 1930 – November 6, 2012) was a journalist and author, and the wine columnist for The New York Times for 25 years, writing...
- best I can. ... They say, 'Oh wow, Andy Kaufman, he's a really funny guy.' Prial, Frank J. (May 18, 1984). "Andy Kaufman, A Comedian Known For Unorthodox...
- ****. The game uses the hand rankings from Brag. Three of a kind (a prial) is the best hand followed by a running flush, then a run, then a flush...
- Sprache, 23., erweiterte Auflage (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1999), 734. Prial, Frank (27 October 1985). "Schnapps, the Cordial Spirit". The New York Times...
- York Daily News. p. 70. Retrieved November 29, 2018 – via newspapers.com. Prial, Frank J. (February 6, 1991). "Jail Is Planned For Brooklyn, And Foes Rise"...
- sometimes be exaggerated. For example, New York Times wine columnist Frank J. Prial declared the vintage chart to be dead, writing that "winemakers of the world...
- Publishing Company. 1916. Prial, Francis P. (1909). The Motor Boat: Devoted to All Types of Power Craft. Motor boat publishing Company. Prial, Francis P. (1909)...