Prothonotary, Protocol, Protoplasm

etc. See under Proteid. to a — Protract, pro-trakf, v. t. To draw out or lengthen in inf a time, continue; to put off to a distant time, prolong, delay, defer, retard. (Surv.) To lay Pros com down with scale and protracself tor. — Protract'er, n. One who,, is etc. — Protract'or. -Sr, n. One' who, etc.; a mathematical in- Jrrotractor. the strument for laying down and measuring angles on; end, eve, term; In, Ice; 5dd, tone, or j paper. (Surg.) An instrument used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound. — Protraclion, n. Act of drawing out or continuing time. (Surv.) Act of plotting or laying down paper the dimensions of anything, as a field. That which is protracted, or plotted on paper.— Protracfive, -iv, a. Prolonging; continuing; delaying. 333