2. A necessary house or place; a backhouse.

Priz"a*ble (?), a. Valuable. H. Taylor.

Prize (prz), n. [F. prise a seizing, hold, grasp, fr. pris, p. p. of

prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere; in some senses, as 2 (b),

either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See Prison, Prehensile,

and cf. Pry, and also Price.]

1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized

by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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