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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. 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.
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