Legs, abs, and back muscles, as well as the obvious shoulder and arm muscles, all work together in a correctly performed press. Sixty years ago, the press was the primary weight room exercise for the upper body.
â¢ PROPRIETARY COLONY (noun) The noun PROPRIETARY COLONY has 1 sense: 1. a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century) Familiarity information: PROPRIETARY COLONY used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details.
Colonial governments assumed one of three forms: charter, proprietary, or royal. Charter colonies were governed by joint stock companies, which received charters from the King and enjoyed quite a bit of self-government. Proprietary colonies were granted by the King to a proprietor or head of a proprietary family, who owned the colony by title and governed it as he saw fit.