Prosoponiscus (prosoponiskus)

[NL. (Kirby, 1857), n. proso pope a, prosopopeia = It. proso pope a, pro sopopeja, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia There is a most pleasant prospect from that walke ouer the railes into the Tuillerie garden. Coryat , Crudities, I. 35, sig. D. Up to a hill anon his steps he rear'd, From whose high top to ken the prospect round. Milton , P. R., ii. 286. What a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires! Thomson , Summer. There was nothing in particular in the prospect to charm; it was an average French view. H. James , Jr., Little Tour, p. 95. 3†. A view or representation in perspective; a perspective; a landscape. I went to Putney and other places on ye Thames to take prospects in crayon to carry into France, where I thought to have them engrav'd. Evelyn , Diary, June 20, 1649. The Domes or Cupolas have a marvellous effect in pros- pect , though they are not many. Sir J. Denham , The Sophy, v. 1. The Survey of the whole Creation, and of every thing that is transacted in it, is a Prospect worthy of Omni- science. Add is on , Spectator, No. 315. Like Carpenters, within a Wood they choose Sixteen fair Trees that never leaues do loose, Whose equall front in quadran form prospected , As if of purpose Nature them erected. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Handy-Crafts. 2 (prospekt). In mining , to make a search; explore: as, to prospect for a place which may be profitably worked for precious metal. prospect (pros'pekt), n . [ prospect = Sp. Pg . pro spec to = It. pros pet to , prospectus , a lookout, a distant view, prospicere , pp. pro- spectus , look forward or into the distance: see prospect, v.] 1. The view of things within the reach of the eye; sight; survey. Who was the lord of house or land, that stood Within the prospect of your covetous eye? Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, i. 2. The streets are strait, yeelding prospect from one gate to another. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 436. Eden, and all the coast, in prospect lay. Milton , P. L., x. 89. People may from that place as from a most delectable prospect contemplate and view the parts of the City round about them. Coryat, Crudities, I. 205. Him God beholding from his prospect high. Milton , P. L., iii. 77. IMG:content-1130.png:[blocks in formation] A quarter past eleven, and ne'er a nymph in prospec- B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. Men, standing according to the prospective of their own humour, seem to see the self same things to appear other- wise to them than either they do to other, or are indeed in themselves. Daniel , Defence of Rhyme. The reports of millions in ore, and millions in prospeс- tive. Boston Traveller , Jan. 24, 1880. 2t. The future scene of action. Howsoever, the whole scene of affairs was changed from Spain to France; there now lay the prospective . Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiæ, p. 219. 3t. A perspective gla ; a telescope. They speken of Alocen and Vitulon, And Aristotle, that writen in her lyves Of queynte mirours and of prospectyves . What doth that gla present before thine eye?... And is this all? doth thy prospective please Th' abused fancy with no shapes but these? the Ascension Prospect in St. Petersburg. [A Ru ian use.]-7. Direction of the front of a building, window, or other object, especially in relation to the points of the compa ; aspect; outlook; exposure: as, a prospect toward the south or north. Without the inner gate were the chambers of the sing and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the IMG:content-1131.png:[blocks in formation] 9. Expectation, or ground of expectation, espe- cially expectation of advantage (often so used in the plural): as, a prospect of a good harvest; I had here also a prospect of advancing a profitable Trade for Amber grease with these People, and of gaining For present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good. Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 365. Without any reasonable hope or prospect of enjoying them. Bp . Atterbury , On Mat. xxvii. 25. I came down as soon as I thought there was a prospect of breakfast. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xxxvii. Over and over again did he [Cell in i] ruin excellent pros- pects by some piece of madcap folly. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XL. 75. 10. In mining , any appearance, especially a surface appearance, which seems to indicate a chance for succe ful mining. Sometimes used as a synonym of color in panning out auriferous sand, or more often for the entire amount of metal obtained in panning or vanning. 11. In her ., a view of any sort used as a bear- ing: as, the prospect of a ruined temple. = Syn. 1-3. Scene , Landscape , etc. See view , n . -9. Promise, pre- sumption, hope. pro specter, n. See prospector . prospection (prō-spek's hon), n . [ prospect + -ion . ] The act of looking forward, or of pro- viding for future wants; providence. What does all this prove, but that the prospection , which must be somewhere, is not in the animal, but in the Crea- tor? Paley, Nat. Theol., xviii. prospective (prō-spektiv), a . and n. [ prospectyve , n., prospect if , a. (as a noun, prospective , f.), = It. prospettivo , pro- spectivus , pertaining to a prospect or to looking forward, prospicere , pp. prospectus , look forward, look into the distance: see prospect . ] I. a . 11. Suitable for viewing at a distance; perspective. In time's long and dark prospective gla Foresaw what future days should bring to pa . Milton , Vacation Exercise, 1. 71. This is the prospective gla of the Christian, by which he can see from earth to heaven. Baxter , Saints' Rest, iv. 8. Be ther placd A prospective vpon the top o' th' mast, And straight give notice when he doth descrie The force and comming of the enemie. I. in trans. 1. To be prosperous or succe ful; succeed; thrive; advance or improve in any good thing: said of persons. They, in their earthly Canaan placed, Long time shall dwell and prosper . Enoch.. so prosper'd that at last A luckier or a bolder fisherman, A carefuller in peril, did not breathe. 2. To be in a succe ful state: turn out for- tunately or happily: said of affairs, busine , and the like. The Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. Gen. xxxix. 3. prosper I never heard of any thing that prospered which, being once designed for the Honour of God, was alienated from that Use. Howell , Letters, I. v. 8. Well did all things prosper in his hand, Nor was there such another in the land For strength or goodline . William Morris , Earthly Paradise, III. 112. 31. To increase in size; grow. Black cherry-trees prosper ever to considerable timber. Evelyn. II. trans. To make prosperous; favor; proLet every one of you lay by him in store as God hath mote the succe of. prospered him. 1 Cor. xvi. 2. We have so bright and benign a star as your majesty to conduct and prosper us. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 106. Dryden. All things concur to prosper our design. prosper at i on (pros-pe-rā'shon), n. [ I bethink me of much ill-luck turned to prosper at i on . 4790 pro 2t (pros), n. [In pl. pro es, as if pl. of pro , but appar. orig. sing., same as proce : see proce .] A proce or projection, as of or on a horn. [Rare.] They have onely three speers or pro es , and the two lower turne awry, but the uppermost groweth upright to heaven. Top sell's Four-Footed Beasts, p. 327. ( Hall i well .) Prostanthera (pros-tan-thēʼrä), n . [NL. (Labillardière, 1806), so called in allusion to the spurred anthers; irreg. προστιθέναι , add ( τιθέναι , put), + NL. an thera , anther.] A genus of shrubs of the order Labiatæ , type of the tribe Prost an thereæ . It is characterized by a two-lipped calyx with the lips entire or one minutely notched, and by completely two-celled anthers, usually with the back of the connective spurred, but the base not prolonged. The 38 species are all Australian. They are resinous, glandular, and powerfully odorous shrubs or undershrubs, with usually small leaves, and with white or red flowers solitary in the axils, sometimes forming a terminal raceme. They are known as mint - tree , mint - bush , or Australian lilac ; and P. lasianthos , the largest species, sometimes reaching 30 feet, is also called the Victorian dogwood. Amelia E. Barr, Friend Olivia, vi.