A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series,
occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made
artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.
To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure...
