porporino

[Ital.] A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, which produced a yellow metallic powder, that was employed instead of gold by medieval artists, when they wished to economize. *por-rā-ceo us (ce as sh), a. [Lat. por race us, from porrum a leek: Fr. porrace.] Resembling a leek in color; greenish. "If the le er intestines be wounded, he will be troubled with porraceous vomiting."- Wiseman : Surgery, bk. vi., ch. vii. IMG:content-1349.png:[blocks in formation] †por-rěct', v . t . [PORRECT, a .] Law: To produce for examination or taxation, as when a proctor porrects a bill of costs. †por-rěc-tion, s. [Lat. porrectio , from porrec tus , pa. par. of porrigo =to stretch out.] The act of stretching or reaching forth. *por-ree, s . [PORRIDGE.] por-rět, s. [O. Fr. porrette, dim in. from Latin porrum a leek; Ital. porretta.] A small leek; a scallion.