An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Fr. proche, near.

PROCHANE, PROCHENE, adj. Neighbouring, Fr.
Complaynt S.

PROCURATOR, s.
1. An advocate in a court of law.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. A solicitor, who is allowed to speak before an inferior court, although not an advocate; corr. procutor, S.

L. B. procurator.

PROD, s. A wooden skewer, Ang.

Su. G. brodd, Dan. brod, cuspis, aculeus.

Prod, Craw-prod, s. A pin fixed in the top of a gable, to which the ropes, fastening the roof of a cottage, were tied, S. B.
Prod, and perh. crap, the top.

PROG, PROGUE, s.
1. A sharp point, S.
2. An arrow.
P. Buch. Dial.

Prog-staff, s. A staff with a sharp iron point in its extremity, S. B.
V. [Brog], v.

To PROYNE, PRUNYIE, v. a.
1. To deck, to trim; applied to birds.
K. Quair.
2. Denoting the effeminate care of a male in decking his person.
Doug.