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Webster 1913 Edition

Protrude

Pro-trude′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Protruded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Protruding
.]
[L.
protrudere
,
protrusum
;
pro
forward +
trudere
to thrust. See
Threat
.]
1.
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
Locke.
2.
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
When . . . Spring
protrudes
the bursting gems.
Thomson.

Pro-trude′

,
Verb.
I.
To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
The parts
protrude
beyond the skin.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Protrude

PROTRU'DE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. protrudo; pro and trudo, to thrust. See Thrust.]
1.
To thrust forward; to drive or force along; as food protruded from the stomach into the intestine.
2.
To thrust out, as from confinement. The contents of the abdomen are protruded in hernia.

PROTRU'DE

,
Verb.
I.
To shoot forward; to be thrust forward.
The parts protrude beyond the skin.

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