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A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a green variety of cobalt.

An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; - - so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.

A variety of altered iolite of a green color and greasy luster.

Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture. Lindley.

In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop. Apostolic prefect (R. C. Ch.), the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank. Shipley.

A pale green mineral occurring in crystalline aggregates having a botryoidal or mammillary structure, and rarely in distinct crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

; a pretty flower; a pretty poem. This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. Shak.

First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister. "Prime virtues." Dryden.

ceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality. A green, shady bank, profuse of flowers. Milton.

Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.

defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak.

popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.

A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.

oluble Prussian blue, Berlin blue, etc. -- Prussian carp (Zoöl.) See Gibel. -- Prussian green. (Chem.) Same as Berlin green, under Berlin.

A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.

od, of annelids, analogous to the blood of vertebrates. It is often red, but is sometimes green or colorless. -- Pseudhæmal vessels, the blood vessels of annelids.

Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. "Puckish freaks." J. R. Green.

pains on every side. Swift. His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. J. R. Green.

One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. M. Stuart.

ave. Chaucer. Put the perception and you put the mind. Berkeley. These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin. Milton. All this is ingeniously and ably put. Hare.