proceleusmatic 
II, n. In inir.pros.. a, foot consisting of four 
short times or syllables. The proceleusmatic 
U <|C>i) ft tetrasemic and isorrhythmic. 
Procellaria (pros-e-la'ri-ft), K. [NL.. < L.pro- 
rrlla, a storm, a hurricane : see procelloiis.] A 
Liimean genus of Procellariidse, or petrels, for- 
merly conterminous with the family, later 
variously restricted, now usually confined to 
the very small black-and-white species known 
as Mother Carey's chtckeiw, as P. pelagica, the 
stormy petrel : in this restricted sense synony- 
mous with Thalassidroma of Vigors. See cut 
under petrel. 
procellarian (pros-e-la'ri-an), a. and n. [< 
Procvllaria + -ait.] I. a. Of or pertaining to 
the genus Procellaria, in any sense ; resembling 
or related to a petrel ; belonging to the family 
Procellariidse. 
II. . A member of the genus Procellaria or 
family Procellariidee ; a petrel of any kind. 
Proccllariidae (pros'e-la-ri'i-de), w. pi. [NL., 
< Procellaria, + -idse.] A family of oceanic or 
pelagic natatorial birds, named from the ge- 
nus Procellaria, belonging to the order Longi- 
pennea and suborder fubiiiares. having tubular 
nostrils, epignathous bill with discontinuous 
horny covering, and webbed feet with very 
small, elevated, functionless or rudimentary 
hallux, if any ; the petrels. The Procellariida are 
birds of the high seas, of unsurpassed volitorial powers, 
of all birds the most nearly independent of land. They 
abound on all seas. There are probably about 90 species, 
of numerous modern genera, divisible into three subfam- 
ilies Diinnedeinx, albatrosses ; Procellariitue ; and Halo- 
drominse, sea-runners; to which is to be added Occam'- 
time, if the so-called Oceanitidte. are referred back to this 
family. Also Procellariadje, Procellaridx. 
Procellariinse (pros-e-la-ri-i'ne), H. pi. [NL., 
< Procellaria + -in.] The largest and leading 
subfamily of Proccllariidie; this family, divested 
of the albatrosses and sea-runners; the petrels 
proper. They are characterized by the union of the nos- 
trils in one double-barreled tube lying horizontally on the 
base of the culmen, and the presence of a hallux, however 
minute. There are five groups of species the fulmars ; 
the petrels of the genus (Kutrelata and Its relatives ; the 
stormy petrels ; the shearwaters or hagdens ; and the saw- 
billed petrels. The genus Oceanites and three others, usu- 
ally ranged with the stormy petrels, are sometimes de- 
tached as type of a family Oceanitida. Also ProceUarinte. 
See cuts under Daption, fulmar, hayden, (JKgtrelata, petrel, 
and shearwater. 
procellas (pro-sel'as), . [Origin unknown.] 
In glass-bloicing, a jaw-tool for pinching in the 
neck of a bottle, or giving to it some_ peculiar 
shape, as it is revolved on the extremity of the 
pontil. Also called pucellas. E. H. Knight. 
procelloust (pro-sel'us), a. [= OF.procelleux = 
Sp.^rocetoso=Pg. It. procelloso,< L. procellosus, 
tempestuous, boisterous, < procella, a storm, a 
hurricane (by which things are prostrated), < 
procellcre, throw down, prostrate, < pro, for- 
ward, -I- "cellere, drive, urge : see excel, celerity.] 
Stormv. Bailey, 1731. 
procephalic (pro-se-fal'ik or pro-sef'a-lik), a. 
[< Gr. vp6, before, + KC^O?.//, head.] 1. Of or 
pertaining to the fore part of the head. 2. In 
Crustacea, specifically noting certain lobes or 
processes which form an anterior part of the 
wall of the head. See the quotation. 
Two flat calcified plates, which appear to lie in the in- 
terior of the head (though they are really situated iu its 
front and upper wall) on each side of the base of the ros- 
trum, and are called the procephalic processes. 
Uuxley, Crayfish, p. Hi". 
3. In due. pros., same as nMcrocephalic.fro- 
cephalic lobe, one of a pair of rounded expansions, de- 
veloped on the anterior end of the ventral aspect of the 
embryo of arthropods, which becomes one side and part 
of the front of the head. 
The neural face of the embryo is fashioned first, and 
its anterior end terminates in two rounded expansions 
the procephalic lobes. Huxley, Aunt. Invert, p. 219. 
proceptiont (pro-sep'shon), n. [< L. as if "pro- 
ceptio(n-), < pro, before, H- capere, pp. captus 
(in comp. -wptus), take : see capable. Cf . con- 
ception, inception, perception, etc.] The act of 
taking or seizing something beforehand; pre- 
occupation. [Rare.] 
Having so little power to offend others that I have none 
to preserve what is mine own from their proeeption. 
Kiton BasUHe. 
proceret (pro-ser'), a. [= Sp.prdcer, procero = 
Pg. It. procero,< L. procerus, high, tall, long, < 
pro, for, before, + yccr- as in creare, create: see 
create.] High; tall; lofty. Also procerons. 
.Such lignons and woody plants as arc hard of substance, 
procere of stature. Evelyn, Sylva, Int., i Hi. 
procerebral (pro-ser'e-bral), a. [< procere- 
br-um -t- -at.] Pertainiiin to the fore-brain or 
procerebrum : pnwiicepnalic. 
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procerebrum (pro-ser'f-brum), n. [NL., <. L. 
pro, before, + cerebrum, the brain.] The fore- 
Drain, comprising the cerebral hemispheres, 
corpora striata, and olfactory lobes; the pros- 
encephalon. 
proceres (pros'e-rez), n.pl. [L., pi. of procer, 
rarely procus, a chief, noble, magnate; vt. pro- 
cents, high: see procere, a.] 1. The nobles or 
magnates of a country. 
In 1328 It was with the counsel and consent of the prel- 
ates and pruceres, earls, barons, and commons, that Edward 
resigned his claims on Scotland. 
Slubbt, Const. BUt., I 294. 
2. [eai>.] [NL.] In Sundevall's system, an or- 
der of birds: same as the Proceri of Illiger. 
Proceri (pro-se'ri), n. pi. [NL., pi. of L. proce- 
rus, high : see procere.] In ornith., iu Illiger's 
system of classification, a group of birds, the 
same as RatiUeol Merrem, embracing the stru- 
thious birds, or ostriches and their allies: so 
called from their procere or tall stature. 
Proceridae (pro-ser' i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Proce- 
rus + -idx.] A family of coleopterous insects, 
named by Laporte iu 1834 from the genus /'/ 
cerus, and now merged with the Carabidte. 
procerite (pros'e-rit). n. [<. Or. npA, before, + 
Kepaf, horn, + -tte 2 .] In Crustacea, the long 
many-jointed filament which terminates the 
antenna or feeler of many species, as lobsters 
and crawfish. It constitutes nearly the whole length 
of the organ in such cases, the several other named joints 
of the feeler being short and close to the base. It is the 
last one of a series of joints named coxocerite, baticerite, 
Kaphoceriie, itchiocerite, tneroctrite, carpucrrite, and pro- 
cente, and is an excellent Illustration of an organ with so 
many Joints (technically lubjoinlt) that they are not taken 
Into separate morphological consideration. .See cuts un- 
der aiitfnna, Attacw, liitulfr, and Palinuna. 
proceritic(pros-e-rit'ik),. [(procerite + -ic.] 
procerite = Sp. proceri<lad= Pg. proceridade = 
It. procerita, < L. proccritas, height, tallness, < 
procerus, high, tall : see procere .] Tallness ; 
loftiness. 
They were glanto for their cruelty and covetous oppres- 
sion, and not in stature of procerity of body. 
Latimer, Sermon bef. Edw. \ I. , 1550. 
Experiment* in consort touching the procerity, and low- 
ness, and artificial! dwarfing of trees. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., i 532, note. 
His Insufferable procerity of stature, and uncorrespond- 
Ing dwarflshness of observation. 
Lamb, Popular Fallacies, xlil. 
procerous (pro-se'rus), a. [< L. procerus, high, 
tall: see procere.] It. Same as procere. 
The compasse about the wall of this new mount is five 
hundreth foot, . . . and the proceroui stature of It, so em- 
balling and girdling in this mount, twentle foot and slxe 
inches. Xathe, Lenteu Stuffe (llarl. Misc., VI. 168). 
2. Tall, as a bird ; belonging to the Proceres 
or Proceri. 
Procerus (pros'e-rus), n. [NL. (Megerle, 1821), 
< Gr. Kf>6, before, -I- nfpaf, horn.] 1. A genus 
of beetles, giving name to the family Proceridee, 
containing a number of east European and west 
Asiatic species, found on forest-covered moun- 
tain-slopes. These beetles resemble Carabux, 
but differ in having the anterior tarsi simple in 
both sexes. 2. [/. c.; pi. proceri (-ri).] A py- 
ramidal muscle on the bridge of the nose, more 
fully called procerus nasi and pyrauiitlalis natsi. 
See pyramidalis. 
Procervalus (pro-ser' vu-lus\ w. [NL. (Gaudry, 
1878), < L. pro, beforej + NL. cerrulus, q. v.] 
A Miocene genus of Cerridte. 
process (pros'es), M. [Early mod. E. a,\so proces, 
processe ; < ME. processe, proces, proses. < OF. 
proces, F. proces = Sp. proceso = Pg. It. pro- 
cesso, < L. processus, a going forward, progress, 
an appearance, an attack, a projection, lapse 
of time, < procedere, pp. processus, go forward, 
advance, proceed: see proceed.] 1. A proceed- 
ing or inovingforward; progressive movement; 
gradual advance ; continuous proceeding. 
So limit. -ply xe sail 
Ay furth In fayre procesoe. 
York Play*, p. 13. 
That there is somewhat higher than either of these two 
no other proof doth need than the very procea of man's 
desire. Hooker. 
The whole vast sweep of our surrounding prospect lay 
answering in a myriad fleeting shades the cloudy proce** 
of the tremendous sky. H. Jama, Jr., Pass. Pilgrim, p. 41. 
2. Course ; lapse ; a passing or elapsing ; pas- 
sage, as of time. 
And therfor we muste abide, and wirke be processe ot 
tyme. Uatnpole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. s.\ p. 20. 
By proce*, as ye knowen everichoon, 
Men may so longe graven in a stoon 
Til some figure therlnne emprented be. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, 1. 101. 
process 
Swlch fire by proceae shal of kynde colden. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 418. 
Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd 
In procea of the seasons have I seen. 
Shalt., Sonnets, civ. 
The thought! of man are wlden'd with the procea of the 
suns. Tenuyiun. Locksley Hall. 
3. Manner of proceeding or happening; way 
in which something goes on; course or order 
of events. 
Now I pas will to Plrrus by pronet agayne. 
Deitructimi of Troy (E. K. T. S.\ L 13070. 
Commend me to your honourable wife ; 
Tell her the proceu of Antonio's end. 
Shall., M. of V., Iv. I. 274. 
Our parts that are the spectators, or should hear a com- 
edy, are to await the proceu and event* of things. 
B. Joium, Magnetlck Lady, Iv. 2. 
Satunilan Juno now with double care 
Attends the fatal procea of the war. 
Dryden, .neld, Til. 
4. An action, operation, or method of treatment 
applied to something; a series of actions or ex- 
periments: as, a chemical process; a manufac- 
turing process ; mental procesx. 
When the remit or effect Is produced by chemical action, 
or by the application of some element or power of nature, 
or of one suustance to another, such mooes, methods, or 
operations are called proceaet. 
Piper r. Brown, 3 Fish. Tat. Cas., 175. 
Cable-car lines are In prvceu of construction. 
AppUton't Ann. Cyc., 18H6, p. 184. 
5. Si ri.'s of motions or changes going on, as iu 
growth, decay, etc. : as, the process of vegeta- 
tion ; the process of decomposition. 
He who knows the properties, the changes, and the pro- 
cettet of matter must, of necessity, understand the elfectn. 
Bacon, Physical Fables, vil., Expl. 
To him was given 
Full many a glimpse . . . of Nature's prote&es 
I'pon the exalted hills. 
Wordtworth, On the Side of the Mountain of Black Comb. 
6. In fate: (a) The summons, mandate, or com- 
mand by which a defendant or a thing is brought 
before the court for litigation: so called as be- 
ing the primary part of the proceedings, by 
which the rest is directed. Formerly the superior 
common-law courts of England, in the case of personal 
actions, differed greatly in their modes of process; but 
since the passing of the Process Uniformity Act personal 
actions in general, except replevin, are begun in tne same 
way In all the English courts namely, by a writ of sum- 
mons. In chancery the ordinary process was a writ of sub- 
poena. 'I In' mode common In probate and ecclesiastical 
courts Is by a citation or summons. In criminal cases, If 
the accused Is not already In custody, the process is usu- 
ally a writ or warrant. 
The Abbot of S. Isidor is of my acquaintance and my 
great friend, . . . and now of late there hath beene pro- 
ceae against him to appear in this your audience. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowea, 1677), p. 202. 
I'll get out procea, and attach 'em all. 
Middleton (and othen\ The Widow, li. 1. 
'1 he next step for carrying on the suit, after suing out 
the original, Is called the procea; being the means of com- 
pelling the defendant to appear in court. 
Blackttone, Com., III. xlx. 
They [the bishops] regarded the proeeaei against here- 
tics as the most distressing part of their office. 
R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., 111. 
(6) The whole course of proceedings in a cause, 
real or personal, civil or criminal, from the 
original writ to the end of the suit. Hence 
7t. A relation; narrative; story; detailed 
account. 
But hennes forth I wol my procet holde 
To speke of aventures and of batallles. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 060. 
To teche chylder curtasy Is myne entent, 
And thus forth my prncei I pnrpos to be-gynne. 
Boote o/ Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), L 50. 
In brief, to set the needless procea by. 
How I persuaded, how I pray'd, and kneel'd, 
How he refell'd me, and now I replied. 
Shak., M. forM.,v. 1.92. 
8f. Proclamation. 
When Pellens his prota hade publlshlt on hlghe, 
And all soburly said with a sad wills, 
Jason was Joly of his Juste worde*, 
That In presens of the pepull tho prefers were made, 
And mony stythe of astate stondlng about*-. 
Detraction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.\ 1. Z47. 
9. In mint, and :ool., a processus ; an out- 
growth or outgrowing part; a protuberance; 
a prominence; a projection: used in the widest 
sense, specific application being made by some 
qualifying term : as, coracoid process. 
A third comes out with the Important discovery of some 
new procea In the skeleton of a mole. 
OoUnnith, citireu of the World, Ixxxlx. 
10. In bof., a projection from a surface; specifi- 
cally, in mosses, one of the principal divisions 
or segments of the inner peristome. 1 1 . Same 
a* yi/i/i/<)-/i/-/i,vx.v: commonly used attributively: 
