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The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.

The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous.

One who speaks for another. Jeffrey.

The office of a prolocutor.

Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then, prosecute my right Shak.

The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war. Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics . . . in prosecution of their various duties. Sir W. Scott.…

One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.

A female prosecutor.

Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog.

Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n.

Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.

il is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. "He ran like a scut." Skelton. How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, wheras that part in others attains no higher than a scut. Sir T. Browne. My doe with the black scut. Shak.

See Scutum.

Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.

Of or pertaining to a shield. A good example of these scutal monstrosities. Cussans.

Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.

tton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing. Scutching machine, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; -- called also batting machine.

A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.