Noah Webster
Precise
PRECI'SE, adjective [Latin proecisus, from proecido, to cut off; proe and coedo; literally, cut or pared away, that is, pared to smoothness or exactness.]
1. Exact; nice; definite; having determinate limitations; not loose, vague, uncertain or equivocal; as precise rules of morality; precise directions for life and conduct.
The law in this point is precise
For the hour precise
Exacts our parting.
2. Formal; superstitiously exact; excessively nice; punctilious in conduct or ceremony.