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was prizing
  • past progressive of prize.

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I was prizing off the strips that held the sash, very carefully, and my heart suddenly commenced to gallop, without any reference to me.

From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Lawson, Henry

One of them had a crowbar with which he was prizing up a stone.

From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir