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prong (iou) and MILEAGE (law)


prong (iou)



prong noun & verb. L15.
[Perh. rel. to Middle Low German prange pinching instrument, Dutch prang pinching, Low German, Dutch prangen press. Cf. PANG noun1, SPRONG.]
A. noun.
Any of various instruments or implements with two, three, or more piercing points or tines; a forked instrument, a fork. Now chiefly dial. L15.
A thin projecting thing, a part ending in a point; esp. each of the tines of a fork. M17.
b. The penis. coarse slang. M20.
Comb.: prongbuck (now rare) a pronghorn, esp. a male; prong-hoe an agricultural implement with two curving prongs, used like a hoe; pronghorn, prong-horned antelope a N. American ruminant, Antilocapra americana, the sole member of the family Antilocapridae, resembling an antelope but having deciduous hooked horns in the male.
b. verb trans. Pierce or stab with a prong; turn up (soil) with a fork. M19.

MILEAGE (law)


MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his place of residence to the seat of congress, at the commencement and end of place of residence to the seat of congress, at the commencement and end of every session. Act of Jan. 22, 1818; 3 Story, Laws U. S. 1657. every session. Act of Jan. 22, 1818; 3 Story, Laws U. S. 1657. 3. In computing mileage the distance by the road usually travelled is 3. In computing mileage the distance by the road usually travelled is that which must be allowed, whether in fact the officer travels a more or that which must be allowed, whether in fact the officer travels a more or less distant way to suit his own convenience. 5 Shepl. R. 431. less distant way to suit his own convenience. 5 Shepl. R. 431.