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days of the week as shared among the planets known to the ancients, each having its day. Hutton. -- Planetary nebula, a nebula exhibiting a uniform disk, like that of a planet.

A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass. Hutton.

of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening. Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water. Sir W. Raleigh.

To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. [R.] Shak.

To make ostentatious show. White houses prank where once were huts. M. Arnold.

itously he preyde. Chaucer. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Matt. vi. 6. I pray, or (by ellipsis) Pray, I beg; I request; I entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making…

To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede. The valves preclude the blood from entering the veins. E. Darwin.

The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.

Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering. -- Pre*clu"sive*ly, adv.

To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty. The prisoned eagle dies for rage. Sir W. Scott. His true respect will prison false desire. Shak.

Relating to, or securing, proportion. Hutton. 3. (Math.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter. Proportional logarithms, logistic logarithms. See under Logistic. -- Proportional scale, a scale on which are marked pa…

The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point.

A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.

ht bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal. Hutton.

The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150º. Hutton.

The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72º. Hutton.

A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.

A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc. Race cloth, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having pockets to hold the weights prescribed. -- Race course. (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which a race is run. (b) Same as Race way, below. -- R…

A small settlement or collection of ranchos, or rude huts, esp. for Indians. [Sp. Amer. & Southern U. S.]

A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.