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Pertaining to the Proboscidea. -- n.

ive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.

Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform mouth.

ion, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.

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.

a 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.

ove, 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