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_Dunbar._
Q. something supported above the level of the ground as a b.u.t.t.
PROPYNE, PROPINE, _s._
1. A present, S.
_Douglas._
2. Drink-money.
_Rutherford._
3. The power of giving.
_Minstr. Bord._
Gr. p??p??-?, Lat. _propin-o_, id. Hence Fr. _propine_, drink-money.
_To_ ~Propine~, _v. a._
1. To present a cup to another.
_Rollocke._
2. To present, in a general sense.
_Muse's Threnodie._
_To_ PROPONE, _v. a._ To propose.
Lat. _propon-o_.
_Douglas._
_To_ PROPORTE, _v. n._ To mean.
E. _purport_, L. B. _proport-are_.
_Doug._
PROSPECT, _s._ A perspective gla.s.s, S.
Fr. _prospective_; Lat. _prospicio_.
_Baillie._
PROT, _s._ A trick.
V. ~Pratt~.
PROTEIR.
L. _protegere_.
_Dunbar._
PROTY, PROTTY, _adj._
1. Handsome, elegant, S. B.
_P. Buch. Dial._
2. Possessing mettle, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _prud-r_, decorus, A. S. _praete_, ornatus.
PROTICK, _s._
V. ~Prattick~.
PROTTY, _adj._
V. ~Pratty~.
PROVENTIS, _s. pl._ Profits.
_Knox._
Lat. _provent-us_.
PROVOST, _s._ The mayor of a royal burgh, S.
PROW, _s._ Profit.
