prott-goose 
prott-gOOSe (prot'gog), w. [< prott (said to be 
imitative) + i/imge.] The brent- or brant-goose, 
Kcmirlii ln'inln. 
protuberance (pro-tu'be-rans), . [< F. pro- 
tuberance = Sp. ?g. protuoerancta = It. protu- 
beran;a, < NL. protuberantia, < LL. protuln- 
ran(t-)s, protuberant: see protuberant.} A swell- 
ing or tumor on the body; a prominence; a 
bunch or knob; anything swelled or pushed 
beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; 
on the surface of the earth, a hill, knoll, or 
other elevation ; specifically, in mmi. and zodl., 
a protuberant part; a projection or promi- 
nence; a tuberosity: as, a bony protuberance. 
See cut under conjugation. 
Mountains, that seem bat BO many wens and unnatural 
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proud. Dan. print, stately, magnificent, are ap- 
par. from the AS.] 1. Having or cherishing 
a high opinion of one's own merits; showing 
provand 
Streght as a strike, straght thurgh the mydde* (of her hair] 
Depertld the proudfall pertly In two, 
Atiret in tressU trusset full falre. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.X 1. 3025. 
protuberances upon the face of the earth. 
Dr. H. Ma 
Hore, Antidote against Atheism, I. ii. 3. 
He had a little round abdominal protuberance, which an 
Inch and a half added to the heels of Ills boots hardly en- 
abled him to carry off as well as he could have wished. 
Trollope, Doctor Thome, xii. 
Annular protuberance of the brain. See annular. 
Occipital, parietal, etc., protuberance. See the ad- 
jectives. 
protuberancy (pro-tu'be-ran-si), n. [As pro- 
tuberance (see -cy'j.] Same as protuberance. 
protuberant (pro-tu'be-rant), a. [< F. protube- 
rant, < LL. protuberan(t-)s, ppr. of protuberare, 
swell, grow forth : see protuberate.] Swelling ; 
prominent beyond the surrounding surface. 
Though the eye seems round, in reality the Iris is pro- 
tuberant above the white. Kay. 
Those large brown protuberant eyes in Silas Marner's 
pale face. George KIM, Silas Marner, i. 
protuberantly (pro-tu'be-rant-li), adv. [< pro- 
tuberant + -/v 2 .] In a protuberant manner; 
in the way of protuberance. 
protuberate (pro-tu'be-rat), . . ; pret. and pp. 
protuberated, ppr. protiibcrating. [< LL. protu- 
oeratus, pp. of protuberare, swell out, grow forth, 
< L. pro, forth, forward, + "tuberare, swell, < 
tuber, a bump, swelling, tumor: see tuber.] To 
swell beyond the adjacent surface; be promi- 
nent; bulge out. 
If the navel protuberates, make a small puncture with a 
lancet through the skin. Sharpe, Surgery. 
protuberation (pro-tu-be-ra'shon), H. [< pro- 
tuberate + -ion.] The act of swelling beyond 
the surrounding surface. 
protuberoust (pro-tu'be- 
rus), a. [< LL. protube- 
rare, swell out, grow forth 
(see protuberate), + -oua. 
Cf. tuberous.] Protuber- 
ant. [Hare.] 
The one being protuberous, 
rough, crusty, ana hard ; the 
other round, smooth, spongy, 
and soft. J. Smith, Portrait of 
[Old Age, p. 183. 
Protula (pro-tu'la), . 
[NL. (Bissoj, probr< Or. 
Tiyjo, before, + rK(of, a 
knot or knob.] A ge- 
nus of cephalobranchiate 
ttil>icolous worms of tho 
family Scrpulida. I', dys- 
tfri is an example. Also 
called Jlpomatus. 
Protungulata (pro-tung- 
gu-la'ta), n.pl. [NL., < 
Or. iffMTor, first, + NL. 
Ungulata, q. v. ] A group 
of Cretaceous hoofed 
mammals regarded as 
the probable ancestral 
stock of all subsequent 
ungulates. 
protureter (pro-tu-re'ter), n. [NL., < Or. ir/xi- 
Tof, first, + NL. ureter.] A primitive ureter, 
or excretory duct of a protonephron. 
protutor (pro-tu'tor), n. [= F. protuteur = Sp. 
protutor, < ML. protutor, < L. pro, for, + tutor, 
guardian: see tutor.] In Scots lair, one who 
acts as tutor to a minor without having a regu- 
lar title to the office. 
protyle (pro-ti'le), . [NL., < Or. nyxiroc, first, 
+ vfjj, matter: see Hyla.] An imagined super- 
sensible, imponderable, indifferent, or primal 
substance, from which all forms of living mat- 
ter are supposed to be derived by niocliti.-ntii.il. 
differentiation, or specialization. H'. Crnn/.-is. 
Also called variously biod, biogen, zoethcr, pxy- 
proud (pniiid). ci. [< ME. proud, proird, prud, 
(. iiVriv 
(>E./)ri>.Vl); root unknown'.' "The feel. p'rudhr, 
ifystrri, a tubico 
lotiapolyrhartousannelid; an- 
terior jwirt of the Ixxly, cut off 
at rf, the stomach, ami seen in 
longitudinal section: r, mouth; 
A. hoodlike expansion; a, 
branchial plumes or hranchi.r. 
Specifically (a) Having undue or inordinate pride; arro- 
gant; haughty; supercilious; presumptuous. 
Better is it to beate &pnnrtlr man 
Then for to rebuke him ; 
For he thlnkes In his own conceyte 
He Is wyse and very trim. 
ItoJiret Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 06. 
We have heard of the pride of Moab ; he Is very proud ; 
even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and wrath. 
Isa. xvi. 6. 
Norfolk rides foremostly, his crest well known, 
Proud as if all our heads were now his own. 
Webster and Deleter, Sir Thomas Wyatt. 
And was so proud that, should he meet 
The twelve apostles In the street, 
He'd turn his nose up at them all, 
And shove his Saviour from the wall. Churchill. 
Knowledge is proud that he has leant 'd so much ; 
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. 
Cowper, Task, vL 96. 
(6) Having a worthy and becoming sense of what Is due to 
one's self ; self-respecting : as, too proud to beg. 
F. You're strangely proud. 
P. So proud, I am no slave. 
Pope, Epll. to Satires, ii. 205. 
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to Importune, 
He had not the method of making a fortune. 
Gray, On Himself. 
Lady Clara Vere de Vere, 
I know you proud to bear your name. 
Your pride Is yet no mate for mine, 
Too proud U> care from whence I came. 
Tennyson, Lady Clara Vere de Vere. 
(c) Priding one's self ; having high satisfaction ; elated : 
as, proud to serve a cause. 
What satisfaction can their deaths bring to you, 
That are prepar'd and proud to die, and willingly' 
Fletcher, Wife for a Month, ii. 3. 
A divine ambition and a zeal 
The boldest patriot might be proud to feel. 
Cowper, Charity, 1. 308. 
Hell be a credit till us a' 
We'll a' l>e proud o' Robin. 
Burns, There was a Lad was born in Kyle. 
2. Proceeding from pride: daring; dignified. 
As choice a copy of Verses as any we have heard since 
we met together; and that is a proud word, for we have 
heard very good ones. /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 188. 
But higher far my proud pretensions rise. 
Cou-per, On the Kecelpt of his Mother's Picture. 
3. Of fearless or untamable spirit; full of vigor 
or mettle. 
I have dogs, my lord, 
Will rouse the proudest panther In the chase. 
Shot., Tit. And., II. 2. 21. 
The fiend replied not, overcome with rage; 
But, like a proud steed rein'd, went haughty on. 
Milton, P. L, iv. 858. 
Like a proud swan, conqu'ring the stream by force, 
Coteper, Table-Talk, 1. 523. 
4. Giving reason or occasion for pride, con- 
gratulation, or boasting; suggesting or exciting 
pride ; ostentatious ; grand ; gorgeous ; magnif- 
icent. 
One Is higher in authority, better clad or fed, hath a 
prouder coat or a softer bed. 
Bp. mirinyton, Works (Parker Soc., 1842), p. 124. 
I better brook the loss of brittle life 
Than those proud titles thou hast won of me. 
Shot., 1 Hen. IV., v. 4. 79. 
Storms of stones from the proud temple's height 
Pour down, and on our batter'd helms alight. 
Dryden, .Knn.l, ii. 553. 
The proudest memory In the later history of the Island 
Is the defeat of the Turks In 1716. 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 359. 
5. Full; high; swelled. Hallitcell. [Prov.Eng.] 
The wind was loud, the stream was proud, 
And wi' the stream gaed Willie. 
Willie's Drmrned in Gamery (Child's Ballads, II. 183). 
Proud flesh. See Jleth. Proud stomach. See stomach. 
-To do one proud. See*>i.=Syn.l. Lofty, lordly. 4. 
Stately, noble. See references under pride. 
proudt (proud), r. [< ME. prouden, pritden, 
proutcn, < AS. "prutian (in verbal n. prvtuna), 
prytian, be proud, < prut, proud: see proud, a. 
Cf. pridtl, r.] I. intrans. 1. To be proud or 
haughty. 
There pmudeth Power, Heer Prowess brighter shines. 
Sylvester, tr. of P. Mathleu's Henry the Great, 1. 117. 
2. To be full of spirit or animation; be gay. 
Yong man wereth jollf, 
And than protuleth man and wllf. 
Arthour and Merlin, p. 11. (llallimll.) 
3. To be excited by sexual desire. 
II. tran*. To make or render proud. 
Stater pnudet Sister, Brother hardens Brother, 
And one Companion doth corrupt another. 
Sylnetter. tr. of I)u Bartas's Weeks, II., The Trophies. 
, 
ruby silver, or light-red silver ore ; the latter name Is given 
to distinguish it from the other form of ruby silver, py- 
rargj'rite, which is dark-red or nearly black, and Is called 
. i /"<'. ,,,-nt, < AS. iirfit, proud (very rare); proudfallt, n. [ME., < proud + fall; adiil.io.i~ 
.Tiv.//rH((/ (verbal n. ), pride, /, pride formation.] Th 
e front hair which falls or is 
folded over the forehead; forelock. 
And so, proud-hearted Warwick, I defy thee. 
Shall, 3 Hen. VI., v. 1. 98. 
proudlingt (proud'ling), n. [< proud + -ling 1 .] 
One who is proud : used in rebuke or contempt. 
Milde to the Meek, to Proudlingt steme and strict. 
Sylvester, tr. of P. Mathieu's Henry the Great, L 162. 
proudly (proud'li), adv. [< ME. prudly, proutl- 
Kche, prudliclie, < A8. prutlicc, < prut, proud: 
see proud.] In a proud manner; with inordi- 
nate self-esteem; haughtily; ostentatiously; 
with lofty mien or airs; with vigor or mettle. 
And past furth prudly his pray for to wyn. 
Destruction ofTrtnj (E. E. T. S.X L 856. 
Question her proudly, let thy looks be stern. 
Shot., 1 Hen. VI., L 2. 82. 
proudness (proud'nes), n. [< proud + -ness.] 
The state or quality of being proud ; pride. 
Set aside all arrogancy and prutidnca. 
Latimer, Sermons on the Lord's Prayer, II. 
proud-pied (proud'pid), . Gorgeously varie- 
gated. [Rare.] 
Proud-pied April dress'd In all his trim. 
Shot., Sonnets, xcvlil. 
proud-stomached (proud'stum'akt), a. Of a 
haughty spirit ; self-asserting ; arrogant ; high- 
tempered. 
If you get a parcel of proud-stomached teachers that set 
the young dogs a rebelling, what else can you look for? 
Ktima, Nicholas Nlckleby, xiil. 
proustite (pros'tit), n. [Named after J. L. 
frougt, a French chemist.] A native sulphid of 
arsenic and silver, occurring in rhombohedral 
and scalenohedral crystals and also massive. 
It has a beautiful cochineal-red color, and is hence called 
* silver ore ; the latter name is given 
the other form of ruby silver, py- 
k-red or nearly black, and Is called 
dart-red silver ore. Magnificent specimens of proustite 
are obtained from the mines of Chanarcillo in Chill. 
prov. An abbreviation of (o) proverb; (^pro- 
verbially; (p) provincial ; (d) provost; (c) [cap.] 
Provencal. 
provable (pro'va-bl), a. [< ME. jtrorable, < OF. 
provable, prouvable, provable, certain, < L. pro- 
bubilis, that may be proved, probable : see prob- 
able. In mod. use as if directly < prove + 
-able.] Capable of being proved or demon- 
strated. 
And if thee thynke it Is doutable, 
It is thurgh argument provable. 
Horn, of the Knte, I. 5414. 
The crime was a suspicion, provable only by actions ca- 
pable of divers constructions. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1886), II. 318. 
Proof supposes something provable, which must be a 
Proposition or Assertion. J. S. Mill, Logic, I. III. f 1. 
Provable debt, a debt of such a class that it may be 
proved against tne estate of a bankrupt 
provableness (pro'va-bl-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being provable ; capability of being 
proved. 
provably (pro'va-bli), rtrfr. In a manner ca- 
pable of proof. 
If thon knowe any man of that maners and upright 
lyuinge that no faulte can prouably be layed to him. 
J. UdaU, On Tit I. 
provandr, provendt (prov'and, -end), n. and a. 
[Also prorant, prorent; < ME. provande, prov- 
ende, promande, < OF. provrndc,prourende (also 
with unorig. r, provendrc, > ME. provmdre, E. 
provender), an allowance of food, also a preb- 
end, < LL. prsebenda, a payment, ML. also an 
allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a 
prebend: see prebend.'] I. n. 1. A regular al- 
lowance of food; provender; especially, the 
food or forage supplied to an army or to its 
horses and beasts of burden. 
The Aueyner schalle ordeyn prmtande good won 
For tho fordys horsis euerycnon. 
Babees Boot (E. E. T. 8.), p. 319. 
These sea-sick soldiers rang hills, woods, and vallles. 
Seeking provant to fill their empty Miles. 
Legend of Captain Janet (1659). (llalKieell.) 
Camels In the war, who have their provand 
Only for bearing burdens. Shak., Cor., ii. 1. 267. 
I say unto thee, one pease was * soldier's provanl a whole 
day at the destruction of Jerusalem. 
Fletcher (and another). Love's Cure, ii. 1. 
2. A prebend. [In this sense only provend.] 
Cathedral chirches that ban prouendis approprfd to 
hem. Wyctif, Tracts (ed. Mat Uu-wX p. 41. 
II. a. Belonging to a regular allowance; such 
as was provided for the common soldiers; 
hence, of common or inferior quality. 
