=Profer=, _n._ †An essay, attempt. 5. 6. 43. =Proiect=, _v._ 1. _tr._ To devise. 1. 8. 10. †2. _intr._ To form projects or schemes. 3. 3. 42. =Proiector=, _n._ One who forms schemes or projects for enriching men. 1. 7. 9. See the passage. =Pronenesse=, _n._ Inclination, _spec._ to sexual intercourse. 4. 4. 233. =Proper=, _a._ Well-formed. Now only prov. Eng. 1. 6. 218. =Proportion=, _n._ 1. Allotment; share. 2. 3. 36. 2. Calculation; estimate. 2. 1. 90; 3. 3. 127. =Prostitute=, _a._ Debased; worthless. 3. 2. 19. ||=Pro’uedor=, _n._ [Sp. _proveedor_=Pg. _provedor_.] A purveyor. 3. 4. 35. =Prouinciall=, _n._ “In some religious orders, a monastic superior who has the general superintendence of his fraternity in a given district called a province.” _CD._ 5. 6. 64. ||=Prouocado=, _n._ [‹Sp. _provocar_, to challenge.] Challengee; one challenged. 3. 3. 143. ||=Prouocador=, _n._ [‹Sp. _provocador_, _provoker_.] Challenger. 3. 3. 142. =Pr’y thee=. [A weakened form of _I pray thee_.] Jonson uses the following forms: Pray thee. 1. 2. 30. Pr’y thee. 2. 1. 78. ’Pr’y the. 1. 3. 22. =Publication=, _n._ Notification; announcement: _spec._ the notification of a ‘depending’ quarrel by a preliminary settlement of one’s estate. 3. 3. 137. =Pug=, _n._ †1. An elf; a spirit; a harmless devil. The Persons of the Play. 2. A term of familiarity or endearment. ?_Obs._ 2. 2. 128. =Pui’nee=, _a._ [For _puisne_, _arch._ form of _puny_, retained in legal use.] 1. _Law._ Inferior in rank. 2. Small and weak; insignificant; pr. with a quibble on 1. 1. 1. 5. †=Punto=, _n._ ?_Obs._ Eng. fr. Sp. or It. _punto_. A delicate point of form, ceremony, or etiquette; the ‘pink’ of style. 4. 4. 69. =Purchase=, _n._ †Plunder; ill-gotten gain. 3. 4. 32. =Purt’nance=, _n._ The inwards or intestines. ?_Arch._ 5. 8. 107. =Put=, _v._ 1. _intr._ To move; to venture. 1. 1. 24. Phrases. 1. _Put downe_: To put to rout, vanquish (in a contest). 1. 1. 93. 2. _Put off_: To dismiss (care, hope, etc.). 2. 2. 48; 3. 4. 25. To turn aside, turn back; divert (one from a course of action). 1. 4. 68. 3. _Put out_: To invest; place at interest. 3. 4. 23. 4. _Put vpon_: To instigate; incite. 5. 8. 141. To foist upon; palm off on. 3. 3. 174. =Quality=, _n_. 1. Character, nature. Now _rare_. 3. 4. 37. 2. High birth or rank. Now _arch._ 1. 1. 111. =Quarrell=, _v._ To find fault with (a person); to reprove angrily. _Obs._ exc. Sc. (Freq. in 17th c.). 4. 7. 12. =Quit=, _v._ †To free, rid (of). 3. 6. 61. =Read=, _v._ †To discourse. 4. 4. 248. =Repaire=, _v._ To right; to win reparation or amends for (a person). ?_Obs._ 2. 2. 59. ||=Rerum natura=, _phr._ L. The nature of things; the physical universe. 3. 1. 35. =Resolu’d=, _ppl. a._ 1. Determined. 2. 7. 13. With quibble on 2. 2. Convinced. =Retchlesse=, _a._ [Form of _reckless_.] †Careless; negligent. 3. 6. 34.