King James Bible Dictionary

PRU'NE, verb transitive

1. To lop or cut off the superfluous branches of trees, to make them bear better fruit or grow higher, or to give them a more handsome and regular appearance.

2. To clear from any thing superfluous; to dress; to trim.

His royal bird

Prunes the immortal wing, and cloys his beak.

PRUNE, verb intransitive To dress; to prink; a ludicrous word.

PRUNE, noun [Latin prunum; in Latin prunus is a plum tree; Gr. the fruit.] A plum, or a dried plum.

PRU'NED, participle passive Divested of superfluous branches; trimmed.

1. Cleared of what is unsuitable or superfluous.

PRU'NEL, noun A plant.

PRUNEL'LO, noun A kind of stuff of which clergymen's gowns are made.

PRUNEL'LO, noun A kind of plum.

PRU'NER, noun One that prunes trees or removes what is superfluous.