protuberate

i. [Latin pro tuber at us, pa, par. of protubero =to bulge out.] [PROTUBERANT.] To swell out or rise above the surrounding or adjacent surface; to bulge out; to be prominent. pro-tů běr-a-tion, s . [PROTUBERATE.] The act or state of swelling or bulging out beyond the sur rounding or adjacent surface; protuberance. pro-tū-ber-ous, a. [Lat. protuber (o)=to protuberate; Eng. adj. suff. -ous.] Protuberant, bulging out. "Being pro tuberous, rough, crusty, and hard."- Smith: On Old Age, p. 183. provection