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255 pulmo
protégé [Fr; fern, protégée], one under the protection or patronage of
another.
pro tempore [L], for the time being; temporarily: abbr. pro tern.
provenance [Fr], source; origin; provenance.
pro virili parte [L], lit., for a man's part; to the utmost of one's ability;
as well as one is able.
provocant [Fr; fern, provocante], provoking; exciting; instigating.
proxime accessit [L; pi. accesserunt], he (or she) came very near (winning
a prize, etc.): abbr. prox. ace.
proximo [L], in the next month after the present one: abbr. prox.
próximo pasado [Sp], last month: abbr. pp. do .
proximus ardet Ucalegon [L], Ucalegon's house, next door, is on fire:
Virgil. (Ucalegon, in the Iliad, was a counselor of Priam.)
prudens futuri [L], thoughtful of the future.
prudens quaestio dimidium scientiae [L], the half of knowledge consists
in being able to put the right question: Bacon.
prud'homme [Fr], lit., a wise and prudent man; specif., a member of
a French board of arbitration for the settlement of labor disputes.
prueba [Sp], proof: typog.
pruina [L], hoarfrost.
pruneau [Fr; pi. pruneaux], prune; French dried plum,
ψεκάδες ομβρον γεννώνται [Gr; psekádes ómbron gennôntai], many
drops make the rain (or a shower).
publice [L], publicly.
pucka, pukka, or pakka [Anglo-Ind], lit., ripe; cooked; thorough; hence,
permanent; durable; well-built; substantial; solid; genuine: opposite
of kutcha.
pueblo [Sp], lit., town; people; an Indian or Spanish village; esp., an
Indian village consisting of communal houses built of stone or adobe,
often several stories high, as in New Mexico and Arizona; P.I., a
territory or district corresponding to a county or township.
puente [Sp], bridge; by extension, raft; nav., deck.
puerto [Sp], port; harbor.
pug [Anglo-Ind; Hind pag, foot], footprint; spoor.
puggree [Anglo-Ind; Hind pagri], turban.
pugi [Anglo-Ind; Hind pagi], tracker.
pugnis et calcibus [L], with fists and heels; with all one's might.
puîné [Fr; fern, puînée], younger: opposed to aîné.
puja [Hind & Skr], worship; esp., Hindu idol worship; any religious
rite: India.
pujari [Hind], worshiper; specif., a priest in charge of a Hindu temple:
India.
pulka [Finnish pulkka], traveling sleigh used by Laplanders.
pulmo [L; pi. pulmones], lung.