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To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

annual herbs (Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum orientale), with apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved panicled spikes. -- Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal. See under Metal. Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.

n, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.

armonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. "Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith." Rom. xii. 6.

That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation. Making provision for the relief of strangers. Bacon.

f a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.

mon Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week.

A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather.

The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylæ, of birds.

The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.

A simple device, resembling a button in form, so arranged that pushing it closes an electric circuit, as of an electric bell.

give difficulty to. "O gentle lady, do not put me to 't." Shak. -- To put to rights, to arrange in proper order; to settle or compose rightly. -- To put to the sword, to kill with the sword; to slay. -- To put to trial, or on trial, to bring to a test; to try. -- To put trust in, to confide in; to repose confidenc…

Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job. [Colloq.]

, certain series of figurate numbers expressing the number of balls or points that may be arranged in the form of pyramids. Thus 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, etc., are trangular pyramidal numbers; and 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, etc., are square pyramidal numbers.

Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. Loudon.

A cycle for carrying four riders, so arranged that all the reders can assist in the propulsion.

sed to save labor in multiplying numbers. -- Quarter turn, Quarter turn belt (Mach.), an arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which are at right angles with each other. -- Quarter watch (Naut.), a subdivision of the full watch (one fourth of the crew) on a man-of- war. -- To give, or show,…

One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.

Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.

Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle. Quinary system (Zoöl.), a fanciful classification based on the hypothesis that each group contains five types.