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2. A solicitor, who is allowed to speak before an inferior court, although not an advocate; corr. _procutor_, S.
L. B. _procurator_.
PROD, _s._ A wooden skewer, Ang.
Su. G. _brodd_, Dan. _brod_, cuspis, aculeus.
~Prod~, ~Craw-prod~, _s._ A pin fixed in the top of a gable, to which the ropes, fastening the roof of a cottage, were tied, S. B.
_Prod_, and perh. _c.r.a.p_, the top.
PROG, PROGUE, _s._
1. A sharp point, S.
2. An arrow.
_P. Buch. Dial._
~Prog-staff~, _s._ A staff with a sharp iron point in its extremity, S.
B.
V. ~Brog~, _v._
_To_ PROYNE, PRUNYIE, _v. a._
1. To deck, to trim; applied to birds.
_K. Quair._
2. Denoting the effeminate care of a male in decking his person.
_Doug._
Germ. _prang-en_, to make a shew; Su. G. _prydn-ing_, tr.i.m.m.i.n.g.
PROKET, _s._ _Proket of wax_, apparently a small taper.
Fr. _brochette_, a p.r.i.c.k or peg.
PROLOCUTOR, _s._ An advocate.
_Quon. Att._
Lat. _pro_ and _loqui_, to speak for.
_Praeloquutour_, id.
_Acts Ja. VI._
PROLONG, _s._ Procrastination.
_Wallace._
_To_ PROMIT, _v. a._ To promise.
Lat. _promitt-o_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
~Promit~, _s._ A promise.
_Pal. Hon._
_To_ PROMOVE, _v. a._ To promote.
Lat. _promov-eo_.
_Acts Parl._
p.r.o.n, _s._ Flummery, S. B.
Gael. _p.r.o.nn_, pollard.
p.r.o.n'D, PRAN'D, _part. pa._ Bruised, wounded.
_Buchan._
Gael. _p.r.o.nn-am_, to bruise.
p.r.o.nEVW, p.r.o.nEPUOY, _s._ A great grandson.
Lat. _p.r.o.nepos_.
_Wynt._
PROP, _s._ An object at which aim is taken, S. _prap_.
