Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led Together prisoned.
Robert of Brunne.
Pris"on*er (?), n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison.
Piers Plowman.
2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a
person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the
bar of a court. Bouvier.
Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing.
Keble.
Prisoner's base. See Base, n., 24.
Pris"on*ment (?), n. Imprisonment. [Obs.] Shak.
Pris"tin*ate (?), a. Pristine; primitive. [Obs.] "Pristinate idolatry."
Holinshed.
Pris"tine (?), a. [L. pristinus, akin to prior: cf. F. pristin. See
Prior, a.] Belonging to the earliest period or state; original;
primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine
manners of a people; pristine vigor.
Pritch (?), n. [See Prick.] 1. A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an
eelspear. [Prov. Eng.]