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A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies.

who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like. Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great of modern poetry. De Quincey.

An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases.

Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs later in life. -- Pro*tan"trism, n.

Proterandrous.

A proposition; a maxim. Johnson.

Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid.

A salt of pyrotartaric acid.

Sclerotic. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia.

A large West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.

A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

lusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

Aside; off; in another direction. The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer.

The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.

The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.

A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.

as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc., after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the pattern acting as a cam upon a follower wheel traversing slowly along the p…

wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finall…