1000000031

R O

<Ir no propiti" ior. but that Onc olforcd

j ef". Ch,i/! on

tht:

cruf::.

PROPO Ll S, thc n'me or •

ccn.io

r,,:,n.ncc more

~ll1ti .

nOI1~

ar.d

ll'naC¡;OllS

than

W;I".

with which the be

Hop

ur alllh..:

hales or cracks

the: fidcs

thei r hives.

See

P I

P P.C rONTIS. or

S<o

M.'

RMOR A, divide, Eu rope (rom

j\fi:l~

having the Uofphorus on lhe nonh.eaH,

which

h:ls

a communica.t ion Wilh lhe Euxine Fl a; amI lhe Htl–

lcfp0nt

(,n

Ihe fotl th. weft,

which

it commuoicares Wilh

ü.e

.t\rcilirclago.

one

hundrcd

and

twenty

miles

l on~,

ano

fome

plflccs upwards of

(on y

broad.

P ROi'ORTION .." ' hen tWO quan,itie. are eompared one

\Vidl áoorhcr,

re(p¡;:(\:

rheír

greatnt rS

fmallncfs.

lhe comparifon is calJed rltio.

r2.re

propon ion. St:e

AI.GEBRA, AR 11' HM E T IC ,

and

GEOMETRY.

PROPOSIT[ON, in logie, pan of an a'gument wherein

fome quality.

either

ncgative or pofilive, is auributed la

• rubjet'L See L OG '

PROPOS ITION.

in mathematics,

either fome tnnh advan

ced, and (hewn to be fll ch by demonflration; or fome

·0 -

pcrarion propofed, lod its folu lioo íhewn.

PROPREfECT . among the Romans, "the prereé\'s lieute·

nant, or

officer whom che

prefeél or.

the prelorlum

commiffioned

aoy part

his duty in hls

place.

PROPRET OR. aRoman maginrate, who, having direh.r·

ged

che

office

pretor at home, \Vas

fent

into a. province

to comnland thcre.with

his

former

pretorial

authority.

PROROGATION ,

the.él

of prolonging, adjourning, or

putting

off to

anothcr

time .

T he

difTerence between

prorogation and

adjournmcnt

of p:uliament

¡s,

that

prorogation

the feffion,is

ended, as

fuch

bilis as pafTed in

!ither houre, or both houfes,

and

h3d oot the royal alT'ent,

mu '''' at the next alTembly begin

ag<tio.

PROSCRIPT[ON, • p,ubliea,ion made in the name of the

chi ef or

leader of

party. whereby he promifes

re ·

ward to . ny one who (hall bring him ,he head of one of

his enemies.

PROSE. the naturallanguage of mankiod, loorf' and un·

confioed by poetical

nl-:afures, rhyrnes,

6(;.

which

ronre it fl,nd , oppored

,e.

."re.

PROSECUTOR, in law, he

tHa<

purrue, a eaure in ano,

thu's

name.

PROS E LYTE. a new eonven to fo me religion o, r.ligi.

ou1 roél.

P ROSPERPINACA , in botany, a genus of ,he triandria

tt'igyn" clars. The ealix eonr.fls of ,hree regmenlS; it

has no eorolla. and hut one feed , There is only one fpe.

cíes,

:l;

nat¡ve

VIIglnia.

PROSO DY, , h.. pan of gr. mmar whieh lrealS of the

<]uantities

and

accentll

of(yll::tbles. See

GkA MMAR .

PROSOPOPOEI i\. a r.gure iD , helOrie. wh"Lby we , aife

qualitie5 of

things ¡nanimate into perfor.s.

PROSTAT lE, in .na,omy, S«ANATnMY . p

'73 '

PROSTYLE , in arehileélure, a range of eoJumos in the

(ronl of a

temple.

).'ROTEA, in bOlany, a genus of ,he tetr.ndria monogyni.

ciar"

The petal eonGfls or four regments furrounding

~he ~ermen ;

h~s

no proper caJíx ;

and

lhe

rec~ptacle

p:tJeaceou,.

T here

are

l WQ

frccics, both nauves of

the Cape or C ood Hopc.

VOL . 111. N °. 90.

PROTECTOR , • perron ",ho " n"m.k:s to O" ltcr

.~,I

dt,renu ,he \\'cak. htl pltls, . nd dlltrdl,J,

PROTEST.l\ r T,

a n;tme lirfl gi\"t'n in G erm:my

Iho' .!

who adht:rt:d

tl.~dol".'lrincof

Luthe r;

Lt.cau:l,.-,

111

5~'/ ,

tl.ey

protdlcd

ag,lInft

a decree

lhe

empelor

Cha; lulo \ ',

and

lhe

diet SpifC!'i ; dc:daring tha! they

~pr~alcd

<1.

Re..: ....

neral councd. T 'he Cune;: n:\me has

airo

bCl'n

;!i\'~n

Ir.,

thale of the

r('lllmlt:nts

of Cil.lvin, and ís no\V

o.:com,.:

common dcnomi oation for a11

IlloCe: of [he

IclUl l:iC

cI;llr,~hes .

PROTHONOT.J,R", a ternl wl,ieh propcny r.g"ir.c. rd l

nota r!" and whlch was ancicntly lhe tide of lhe

pri:lcip ..

DOtanl!S of

,he

<:mpcrors of

Conrtanlinopl'e.

•

PROT OTYPE, is the <r,!:!n,1 or

1110dd

. f,er which •

lhlng \'Jas

formed; bllt

chicfly urt!J

for

d i': p.¡ttcrns

ll¡in~s

be engr.\vC'd,

can,

6c.

PROTRi\CTOR, ,he

n.mc

of an inP.,,,",,cn, "r.d fhr pro–

traétmg or Jaylng down 00 paper the anglcs of a ticld, or

Otilef figure.

See

GEOM ET R\'.

PROTU l1 ERANCE,

is an eminence,

whcther n;l!Ur:l1 or o

prctcrnaturaJ, that plojeé\s or aJ\'ances

0 ..)(

bcyond (he

,dI.

PROVEDITOR, an oRicer in reyeral parts or ftaJ )', pani.

cular!

V t:'ntce. wha has 1he diretlion af

ID<ttt<:1

s rcla–

ting to paliey.

PROVENCE, a provinee or government of F lane•. bound,

D auphine on rhe north ;

P~c:dmont

00 lhe

C'~H ;

lhe

M editerranean

On lhe fomh;

and

th~

,¡ver

R hone, which .reparares

from L:\ogl:edoc,

lhe

I.\'cn:

is about an hunJ red miles long, and

Ilear

Oli\ny

broi\d.

PROVERB. according to Camelen, is a

coociCe, winy.

and

wire

(peech, grounded upon experiencc

aod for lhe .

moll: part contaiping

fome

urdu!

inflruétíons.

Boo' o]

P ROVERBS, a e.nonie.1 book of the Old T cfla.

ment , containiog

pan

the proverbs of

Saloman

th:

foo of D avid king of Irr.e!. The

firll

,weo'y.fou r cllJp'

ters are

acknov/Jcged

be tbe

cenuioe

work

th:\t

prí nce.; the next

fivl!

chírptcrs are

colJ~8ion

«veral

of his

proverbs,

made by

order of

klng

H ezeklah

and

the ,wo laft reem to have been .dded, ,hough bdonging

diffl!rent aod

unknown autHOrs,

Agur the (on

J.lk

(:h,

."d king L emud.

In this

exceJlent

'book are contained rules ror the con–

duél: of alJ

condítioos

of Jife; for

kings,

couníl'rs, ma·

(!t'rs,

fcrvants,

falhers, mothers.

children.

6c.

PROVIDENCE, ,he eonduél and dir<élion of ,he rt veral

pans

of lbe

uni\"erfe.

hya

fuperiOf intelligent

B':l n~.

PR OV10tNCE PL4.NTAT IOI'J.

a colony

New-EIl~I;Uld.

which, l'\vllh Rhude.iOand, conftitutes a chan er

gO\·~ln ·

menl : it's chitf rown is N<wpon .

PRO VIOE¡';CE

alfo one of the

Ha.ha

.~a

íOands,

I.m.ed

and foTtlned by the Englifh;

long.

78°.

. 1.11.

'S",

PROVINCE,

R oman

antiquity, a country uf conlidc–

rabie

extcnr,

wpich ,

upon

being

entirely

reduct:d

unch..r

[he

Roman

dt>minion, was

new-modcllcd

accorJlOg ro the

plt:afure

of thl'

conquerors and fll bjt"lled

tO lhe

coml11.lOd

annua)

governors (en t from

R~n1e:

beíng

commonly

obliged

to pay fuch taXl!s

and contrib.nion as

thl' (en;¡{;!

thougJII n' 'o

dcm.nd

P ROVI SC E,

geogr:lphy,

a divífion of a killgdoOl

f\r

ff.rtc.

6 O

"f"lin,