PRBCA'RIUH.    [Ihtikdic

PRELUM,  or  PRAELUM,  )•  a  part  of  a
pieaa  nied  bj  the  andann  in  making  wine,  <^re-
oil,  and  paper.  The  prata  itaelf  waa  qUled  tar-
eniar  1  and  the  pnlum  wai  that  part  wliicli  wai
«ther  acnwed  or  knocked  down  upon  tlie  Ihingi
to  be  yrcaied,  in  order  to  aqneos  out  the  liat
jnicaa.  (Serr.  ad  Virg.  Owrg.  ii.  343;  Yilmr.Ti.  9.)
Sometinwe,  however,  [nUun  and  tofcnlar  an  Died
ai  eonTBTtible  tdma,  a  pan  bong  named  inauad
of  the  whole.  Ai  te^ida  tho  preaama;  of  the
giapee,  it  ehonld  be  lemembeied  that  the;  were
fiat  ttoddoi  with  the  feet  1  Int  aa  thii  proeew  did
not  preu  out  all  the  joice  of  the  gnpea,  they  were
nfterwardi,  with  th«r  alalka  and  peeli  (wopi  4
/bUiaUi),  pu  under  the  prahmi.  (Vairo,  ^  Ri
Smd.  L  S4  ;  comp.  Colmn.  m.  88.}  Cato  (da  Rt
Rtat.  31)  adTiied  hii  conntrynwi  alwnji  to  make
the  jactum  of  the  wood  of  black  m^e  (fiarpaaa
aira).  After  all  the  ioics  waa  feieed  out  of  the
grapea,  the;  wen  soUected  in  cailu,  wal<r  waa
poDied  open  them,  and  after  ataoding  a  nigbl  the;
woe  pTMed  agva  The  liquor  thoa  obtained
wai  called  kn ;  it  wai  pnaored  in  cadca,  ~'
wai  uiad  aa  a  drink  Cv  workmen  daring
winter.    (Vaim,  L  a.)    Ra^eetii^  the  nae  of  the

Hdam  in  making  oliTe-eil,  and  in  !"■ — »—■ —

-' r,  aae  Plin.  H,  JV,  it.  1,  i:


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