Protocol

pro'to-kol, n. th first copy of any docu- ment the rough draught of an instrument or transaction. [Fr. pro to cole—Low L. protocol turn—late Gr prot ok oil on the first leaf glued to the rolls of papyrus and to notarial documents — Gr. protos, first, and kolla glue.] Prctomartyr, pru'to-mar't£r, «. St Stephen the Jirst Christian martyr: the first who suffers in any cause. [Gr. protos, and Martyr.] Prctophyte, pnVto-fti, «. the first or lowest order of plants. LG protos, first, and phyton, a plant — phyo, to cause to grow.] Protoplasm, pru'to-plazm, a homogeneous, structurele substance, forming the physical basis of life, endowed with contractility, with a chemical composition allied to that of albumen. [Gr protos, first, and plasma, form—-pla d, to form Prototype, pro' totip, n the first or original type or model after which anything copied an exemplar a pattern [Fr. —L. —Gr from pr&- tos, and lypos, a type.] Protozoan, prO-to zO'an, n. one of the first or lowest cla of animals. [Gr protos first, and zCon, an aminul.] Protozoic, prf)-tO-/r/ik, adj. pertaining to the protozoans containing remains of the earliest life ol the globe Protract, pro-tr.ikt', 1 to draw out or lengthen in time to prolong to draw to a scale. [L. —pro, forth, and tratio, to draw