1000000031

PRO

513 )

\l,e

r.1",

of lheir leCl hlnd, and then with tI" t of the

,ight : <tOO la dry lhe hand and

fonvard

the wij,ing. thcy

rub ir from rime time in whHing . In

wiplng

lhe pbuc pcr

fcaly

clean.

yet

without t:lik,ng lhe lnk out 01 lhe engr:.t

ving, rhe addrcfs of tlle

\\'ork nnn

c..

lnlins.

The

pl.HC t

hus

rrepared, is

IAiJ

on the pl;lnk of

lhe prcfs;

o\'er Ihe

piare is ¡.ud (he paper, firH well moiOt ned,

l O

receive

lhe

ln1preffiün,

and over lhe paper

t\YO

or thrce:

rulos

of fl ,nnel. Things tl,us dlrpored the >cms of the erofs

; re pulled and

lhat m'.!dns lhe

plate with

its

(urni ·

ture

p.lfl~d

throu&h bctwcen lhe rolJers, ",hieh Plnching

"ery f1rongly, yet

equ.ll

y. pldréS the moilleneJ p'per in_

to lhe

Hrokes

of lhe engraving,

wheoce

Ít

Jicks out lhe

ink.

PRI OR, the fuperior of a eonvenl of monk., or the next

lInder lhe abbot. See A1t BO T.

PRISCI LLl t\NISTS, in ehurch.h;Oory, ChriOian here–

lies, foc.dled from

their Je-ader Prdctl han, a Spaniard by

birth, and bl!hop of Av ila. H. is fald to have praéllfed

manic, and to h;tvc maintained the principal errors of the

~¡"nichees;

bOt his reculi.u tenet was, Ihat il is I..wful

to make

falfe Oollhs,

arde r to CuppaTt ane's caufe and

int~rdl .

PRISM , an oblong folid, eontained under more than four

pl:.tnes who(e bares are equ'll, paralltl , and ;¡Iike litualtod.

PRIV.l\TEERS,

IIHr1ti01~

afF.úrs,

kind

prtvate

Chirs of

w ~ r.

titted ou t by private perrons

thcir own

expence; who have leave grao,ed them to keep what

they can

take

from the enemy, allowing lhe admlral his

!hare. S« LE'rT ER

Ma rque.

PRIVATION in gene,,1. <leno,es ,he abfence or wan' of

fomething;

in which

{eoCe, darknefs isonJ y

privation of

ligh!.

PRIVATIVE, in grammar, a parti cle whieh, when pre·

fixed

a word,

chaog~9

t ioto

comrary (cnfe. See

GR Ai'1MAR .

·PRIVET . in bo"ny. See L' CUSTR UM .

PRI VIL EGE , in I..v, fOll1e pocul;ar ben, fi, grantod

eer

u in per{<.lOs or places, contrar)' la

lh ~

UfUál

courfe of lhe

1aw.

Pri vileges are (aid to be perfonal ar real. Perfon,,1 pri –

vileges are fuch as are extended to

p«:r~.

cmbwlr..doT5,

mcmbers o!

p~r1iameot

and of lhe coovocation, and dlClr

m~niA.1

feryants,

&c.

See

PEE R.

EMBASSADOI\,

P AR –

LIA MEs ·r ,6c.

P RIYILEGE D

DEB TS,

in SCOtS

IJw. See

LA W, Tít.

xxviii .

19·

yRIVY

COl'SC IL .

See Priv)

COUNC IL.

P kI V\' SEA L .

See

SEhL.

}'RI ZE,

mari time

ff..

irs,

vdft"1

taken

f~a

[rom

the encmies of a (ldte,

fro:Tl pi rat(' ;¡

.md

lht\t cither

by a m;¡n of

war, a

privarecr,

6 c.

)1J\'i:II:~

a conllmffion

fur

th:u

pu rpore.

PROnAl:l lLITY, i. nothi ng but ,he arpea"nce of the.–

~.recrn~nt

d¡f~r.reemen(

l!.V(1

¡eh'as by

(he

10ltlyeo–

tlon

ot proo{s whorc,:

conncfhfln

01t

conHant

;¡ud iUl·

mut:ib!e, Or is pfH pcrcei'/cJ to t,e

f);

bnl

i~.

tl ppe Ir s

fo.r ,he mon part to he ro; ;¡,nd is

c::r.o\1~h

induce Ihe

mlnd tn jwtnt' Ihe proputi

¡'lO

1(\

bt, trl!C' or r,t:fc, r.llher

than

I h~

conll"ry . St:t: J.O(; IC

:lOU

f\ 11

T'\"I'YSICS,

PROH ' T E

(,r ;\

\Vi II

111

(1. 11)1'01 In

I"'\V

tS Ihe

l'"hi-

bilioC and provi ng uf L¡ll Vlills anJ ;dbcl.:nts "erUre lhe

"clefi.ni

,,1

jll~gC

ddegaled by d,e bi!hopwl,o i, orJ

;n.ry

or Ihe plMe wllen: Ihe pally <!led .

PROHATION,

in the univcrfiues, is the cxamination

anct trial

uf a

lIut.!c::nt who is about to Idke his

¿egrLC~.

PR OI\A l·1t')N . inScots IdW See L Aw. l 'u . xxxi .

l . d

fc·q.

l'ROI:l .'\ l'lON ER. in ,he ehureh of

Sood.nd

, a ()ud, nt

in dnflnlt y,-

\Vho

bnnglOg

cenific31e from a profdr'Jr

ao fl nivcrfity or

his

good moral!, aod his havlop, rerl orm–

etl hls

exerclfes to approbatlon,

admilted

undergo

fevcr:\1Inals.

PROB E,

furecon's inflrument for ex;¡,mining ¡he cir–

cumHances

wounds, ukers, ;¡nd other ca\'itu!s,

íearcl\–

ing (or lIones in ,he bladder,

6 c.

PROHLEM . in logic, a p,opofi,ion th.. nei,her appeau

abfalutely (fue nor f..lfe ; and, confequcntly,

n~ay

af–

ferted eilher in the affi rmalive or

n('ga~i\'e.

PROBl EM,

.in geometry. is

proporittoo. wherein fome

opa"'tlon or conHruétion is requlI'eJ

4tS

to divide

lioe

or angle,

e,e~

or Jet faJl pcrpenJleulars,

6c.

Se<:

GEOM ETRY .

PROBOSC IS, in natural hiOory, is rhe trunk or fnout of

t'I~phan t ,

and fomf" odler an mals and

inre~s.

PItOCAl'ARCTIC CAUSE, in meJlcine, the pre.exiOing,

{"II pre·dlfpo(inC caule or occalion of

dlfcafe

PROCEL EUSM "TrCUS , in the '.noient puwy, a foot

confiH, ,'g of four l110rt fyllabJes, or

{\VO

pyrrhlchi;.zres

;¡',

hOllli,¡jhIlJ.

PROCELLARI.'\., in ornithology, a cenus of birds, ·be·

Jonglng

lh~

order of antcres.

The:

bC'ak is fomewhat:

comprdl~ d,

and wilhou t tceth;

Ihe

rn:tndlhlc.:s are cqual.

lhe ruperíor one

b~i Ag crook~.:d

the poinl ;

{he

Ieeeare

palm",tt'd

the hind

claw

belog fcOil , wllhoUI any to('.

T here are fax fpeeies. prinelp.lly d,OinguiO,ed by ,heir

colour.

PROCESS, in law, denotes dt. proceedior,s in any eauf.,

¡-cal or pt'Ifonal, civil or criminal, fro011he original writ

to the

t'nJ

Ihacor.

P Roc

s. in

ch~m1Ílry,

the wllote courre of an experiment

or feries

operalions tending

produce fomethiog ncw.

P ROC ESS ,

~ndlomy,

denoles

any

protuberance Or

c:mi–

nenCt:

bone

PROCESS ION • ee..mony in the Rom;O, chureh,

<00 -

filllng of a forno.1 mareh of ,he cJergy and peop1e. puro

t.ng

up prayels,

CJe .

<!nd in this m:\nncr vititing f\'1me

ehureh,

&c.

Th, y have alfo proeeOions of ,he hofl or

f..

crament. See

H OST.

PROCL~MATI ON,

• p. blic notiee gi"en of ar.y

thin~

of which the ki og thinks rroper

adverti rc his fubj{éls .

Proeldmations

are

br.mch of

the

king's prerC'f'alive ;

;lnJ no perron ca n

Olakc

lhc.: lll \\'ithoUt Ihe king's autho–

rity, ex(cpt mayor! of towos ,

6 c.

by cull om of privi.

lrgr.

Procl.~mations v.·hi~h

lequ:re

d H:

pl opll'

do or

n(Jt

do cerlain things, h<l\'e the for.":e O, la ws ; bU I

Ihc.:n tbey are fuppofed

confiti cO! \\ ith Ihe I.tws al. \

re;¡,dy

tH'iOR, mherwlfe they are fupe rfedcJ.

PI(OCONSUL , a Rom.n mlgill...e, fen, 'o goyorn a pro–

\'IOC('

\VItLl

cor¡(ular authority

PROCREATrON. the

hegellinA.nd

I,,;n~ing

fOllh el,il·

<lren.

See

GENERATI0N

.1nd

~lI DWlrI:.RY

PROCT OI( , • perfon comOliflioned

no.n.'gc , nolher r or.

(nn':; ('.I,lIfe io

~ny

coun of Ihe civil or crcldi.l(lic,,1

I"w.

l'ROCURI\Tl Ol'-: , an atl or iorb ument

whieh, Ferfo.n

~,;