Pro*ven"tri*cle (?), n. (Anat.) Proventriculus.
||Pro`ven*tri"u*lus (?), n. [NL. See Pro-, and Ventricle.] (Anat.) The
||glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
Prov"er (?), n. One who, or that which, proves.
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.