proprium (proprium)

[L., neut. of pro prius, special, peculiar, own: see proper.] In Swedenborgianism, what is one's own; selfhood. You will find that the will of man is his proprium, and that this from nativity is evil, and that thence is the false in the understanding. Swedenborg , True Christian Religion (trans.), iv. Four of these shells were shaken in the hand and Shells used in the Game of Props. thrown on a table, the stake being won or lost according to the number of red or white sides coming up. 2. The shells used in this game. props2 (props), n. [Short for properties ( -man ). ] The property-man of a theater. [Theatrical slang.] The property-man, or, as he is always called, props for short. New York Tribune , July 14, 1889. prop-stay (prop'stā), n . In steam and pneu matic eng in ., a stay used to strengthen tubes, water-spaces in steam-boilers, or large tubes and annular spaces in air-tanks, and resist pre ure tending to collapse or rupture after the manner of a strut, instead of acting by tensile strength after the manner of a tie-rod. Where such stays pa through flues of steam-boilers, they are usually made tubular, thus permitting water to flow through them as a protection from overheating, while at the same time their exteriors become more or le effective heating-surfaces. The so-called Galloway boiler is a good example of the use of tubular prop-stays. pro pterygial (pro-te-rij'i-al), a. [ pro pterygium (pro-te-rij'i-um), n.; pl. propte rygia (-a). [NL. (Gegenbaur), The peculiar form of the [pectoral] fin in the Ray is due to the great development of the pro pterygium . Gegenbaur , Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 478. proptosed (prop'tōst), a . [ proptose , v . ( proptosis ), + -ed2.] Prolapsed. [Rare.] A small portion of the bladder wall was proptosed through the deficient neck. Lancet , No. 3466, p. 246. proptosis (prop-tō'sis), n . [NL., σις , a fall forward, προπίπτειν , fall forward, πίπτειν , fall.] Prolapse or protrusion, as of the eyeball. propugnt (pro-pun'), v . t . [ propugner = Pg. propugnar It. propugnare, L. propug nare, go forth to fight, fight for, defend, pro , forth, before, + pugnare , fight: see pugnacious . Cf. expugn , impugn , oppugn .] To fight for; defend; vindicate. = Thankfulne is our meet tribute to those sacred cham Hammond. pions for propugning of our faith. propugnaclet (prō'pug-nā-kl), n. [ Rochel [La Rochelle] was the chiefest Propugnacle of the Protestants there. Howell , Letters, I. v. 8. propugnaculum (pro-pug-nak'ū-lum), n.; pl. propugnacula (-lä). [L.: see propugnacle.] A bulwark; a defense. The Roman colonies were thus not merely valuable as propugnacula of the state. Encyc. Brit ., VI. 158. propugnationt (pro-pug-nāʼshon), n. [= It. pro pug nazi one , propugnatio ( n- ), a defense, vindication, propugnare , pp. propugnatus , fight or contend for: see propugn . ] Defense. What propugnation is in one man's valour, To stand the push and enmity of those This quarrel would excite? Shak., T. and C., ii. 2. 136. propugnert (pro-punér), n. [ Also propugn or; IMG:content-1118.png:[blocks in formation] Perceavyng that all succours were clerely estopped and pro pulsed from them, and so brought into utter despaire of aide or comfort. Hall , Hen. VII., f. 23. ( Hall i well .) propulsion (prō-pul's hon), n . [F. propulsion = Sp. propulsion = Pg. propulsão , pro pulsio(n-), propel lere , pp. propulsus , drive forth: see pro pulse , propel .] 1. The act of propelling or driving forward; impulse given. The reasonable soul and all its faculties are in children, will and understanding, pa ions, and powers of attraction and propulsion. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 131. Whittier. God works in all things; all obey His first propulsion . 2. In pathol., same as paralysis festinans.-Modulus of propulsion. See modulus. propulsity (pro-pul'si-ti), п. [ It euer was; that was ere Time had roo me To stirre itselfe by Heau'n's propulsity . Davies , Summa Total is, p. 10. (Davies.) propulsive (prō-pul's iv), a . [ pro pulse + -ive.] Tending or having power to propel; driving or urging on. The propulsive movement of the verse. Cole ridge. Two propulsive forces, which appear to have overcome the body's inertia, and to have imparted to ita rapid motion. J. Sully , Sensation and Intuition, p. 24. propulsory (prō-pul'sō-ri), a. [ pro pulse + -ory.] Same as propulsive . propupa (pro-pū pä), n. [NL., the penultimate or subterminal dorsal segment of the abdomen: especially used in describing those beetles whose elytra do not reach to the end of the abdomen. propylæum (prop-i-lē'um), n.; pl. propylæa (-a). [L., also propylæon, IMG:content-1119.jpg:[blocks in formation] A, plan of the propylæa of the Acropolis of Athens and Temple of Nike Apteros, as they stood in l'ericles's time; B, wings, never completed, which formed part of the original project of Mnesicles; C, the earlier propylæa of Cimon, removed by Pericles; D, Roman pedestal of Agrippa; E, ancient Pelasgic wall of the primitive fortification of the Acropolis; F, ramparts of the Per i clean citadel. sure or other precinct, as that of the Acropolis of Athens, or that of the sanctuary of Eleusis: usually in the plural. In its origin it was a strongly fortified gateway, but it became developed into an ornamental structure, often elaborate and magnificent, with which were combined gates of more or le defensive strength.