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.
English colonies in New England to the north and Virginia to the. south. As you have seen, when the dukeâs ships appeared off New. Amsterdam in August 1664, the colony surrendered. New Netherland. became the proprietary colony of New York. The Duke of York was. now the proprietor, or owner, of the colony.