Provence rose
(Prov"ence rose`) [Provence the place + rose.] (a) The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
(b) A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica.
Provencial
(Pro*ven"cial) a. [See Provençal.] Of or pertaining to Provence in France.
Provend
(Prov"end) n. See Provand. [Obs.]
Provender
(Prov"en*der) n. [OE. provende, F. provende, provisions, provender, fr. LL. praebenda a
daily allowance of provisions, a prebend. See Prebend.]
1. Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. "Hay or
other provender." Mortimer.
Good provender laboring horses would have.
Tusser. 2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs.]
Provent
(Prov"ent) n. See Provand. [Obs.]
Proventricle
(Pro*ven"tri*cle) n. (Anat.) Proventriculus.
Proventriulus
(||Pro`ven*tri"u*lus) n. [NL. See Pro-, and Ventricle.] (Anat.) The glandular stomach of
birds, situated just above the crop.
Prover
(Prov"er) n. One who, or that which, proves.
Proverb
(Prov"erb) n. [OE. proverbe, F. proverbe, from L. proverbium; pro before, for + verbum a
word. See Verb.]
1. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and
forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an
adage. Chaucer. Bacon.
2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
John xvi. 29. 3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations.
Deut. xxviii. 37. 4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
Book of Proverbs, a canonical book of the Old Testament, containing a great variety of wise maxims.
Syn. — Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw.
Proverb
(Prov"erb), v. t.
1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.]
Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ?
Milton. 2. To provide with a proverb. [R.]
I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.
Shak.
