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Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno- intestinal vein of the frog.

A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. Goldsmith.

To protest. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. [R.] Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. Evelyn.

An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.

A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif. "An irous potestate." Chaucer.

Authoritative. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. He protest that his measures are pacific. Landor. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Shak.

Protestantism. [R.]

One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Chris…

Protestant. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants.

Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism. [R.] Milton.

The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent. " The protestation of our faith." Latimer.

One who makes protestation; a protester.

One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration. Shak.

By way of protesting.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine.

An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee. Burrill.

The hypodermic injection of tuberculin, which has little or no effect with healthy cattle, but causes a marked rise in temperature in tuberculous animals.