The Collaborative International Dictionary
pryan
Prian \Pri"an\, n. [Cornish, clayey ground, from pri clay.] (Mining) A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles. [Written also pryan.]
Wiktionary
pryan
alt. (context Cornish English) A soft, white clay n. (context Cornish English) A soft, white clay
Usage examples of "pryan".
Any three-year-old Sartan could have bettered the Pryan dwarf in a rune-scrying contest.
Arianus, Pryan, and most lately to Abarrach, recorded in previous volumes of The Death Gate Cycle.