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One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebræ in some fossil batrachians.

Pert; petulant; forward; saucy. [R.] Barrow.

Forwardness; pertness; petulance. [R.] Burton.

The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. Sachs.

Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial. [Obs.]

The kindling of a disease into action; also, the procatarctic cause. Quincy.

superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there.

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. "The true procedure of conscience." South.

ve, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. If thou proceed in this thy insolence. Shak.

One who proceeds.

The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding. The proceedings of the high commission. Macaulay.

That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing from a sale, etc.

Inciting; animating; encouraging. [R.] Johnson.

One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridæ) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather.

Stormy. [Obs.] Bailey.

Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head. Procephalic lobe (Zoöl.), that part of the head of an invertebrate animal which is in front of the mouth.

Preoccupation. [Obs.] Eikon Basilik

Of high stature; tall. [Obs.] Evelyn.

The prosencephalon.

An order of large birds; the Ratitæ; -- called also Proceri.