1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 564 Suffering grievous Protuberatings of the bones in his Arms.

1716 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected I. iii. 154 The shining and protuberating of the letters in the names of the twelve Tribes graven on the twelve stones in the breast-plate of the high-priest.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 27 ^v The which cauitie, beyng shut in by these protuberatyng Processes, representeth the figure of a C in Latin.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 977 These Rack-bones haue in the middle protuberating, round and embowed bodies.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 77 The protuberating or strutting part of the Face.

1706 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 2214 The skin on the apex of this protuberating part was thin and shrivell'd, of a colour different from the rest.

1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) I. 285 In others, the nectary is blunt, scarcely protuberating.

1851 W. B. Jerrold in Househ. Words 22 Feb. 522/1 Obese individuals encumbered with protuberating brandy-bottles, formed like the ‘stuffing’ adopted by actors when they play Falstaff.

1874 H. Hooper Lost Model ii. ix. 9 The presence of such a glaring, protuberating illegality destroyed the instrument upon which it was written.

1993 Boston Globe (Nexis) 18 Apr. b1 She looked a little lumpy—perhaps a few months pregnant... But halfway through the flight, it quickly became apparent that this was not your average protuberating person.