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A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. B. Jonson.

Production. [Obs.]

Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the production of other goods, such as tools and raw material; -- called also instrumental goods, auxiliary goods, intermediate goods, or goods of the second and higher orders, and disting. from consumers' goods.

ucer on account of some monopoly (temporary or permanent) of the means or materials of production; -- called also Producer's rent.

Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude. Thus much may serve by way of proem. Swift.

The exhibition or production of a record or paper in open court, or an allegation that it is in court.

The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.

nimals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmæ.

The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

able of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production.

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.

of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants. There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation. Ray.

The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis. B. Jonson.

in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade. Writ of protection. (Law) (a) A writ by which the king formerly exempted a person from arrest; -- now disused. [Eng.] Blackstone. (b) A judicial writ…

Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division.

The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.

hat nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever. Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to their truth. G. H. Lewes.

A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

lic acid. It is a strong reducer, and is used as a developer in photography and in the production of certain dyes.