Prester

n. [Gr. πρηστήρ, from πρήσειν, πιμπράναι, to kindle or burn, and πρήθειν, to blow up, swell out by blowing.] [Obs.]

1Sense 1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.

2Sense 2. (pl.) The veins of the neck when swollen with excitement.