Puccoon Puc·coon" noun [ From the American Indian name.]
(Botany) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum ( Latin hirtum , and Latin canescens ); also, the pigment itself.
Puce Puce adjective [ French, from
puce a flea, Latin
pulex ,
pulicis .]
Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.
Pucel Pu"cel noun See Pucelle . [ Obsolete]
Pucelage Pu"cel·age noun [ French]
Virginity. [ R.]
Pucelle Pu·celle" noun [ French, from Late Latin
pulicella , from Latin
pullus a young animal. See
Pullet .]
A maid; a virgin. [ Written also
pucel .] [ Obsolete]
Lady or pucelle , that wears mask or fan.
B. Jonson. La Pucelle ,
the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.
Puceron Pu"ce·ron noun [ French, from
puce a flea. See
Puce .]
(Zoology) Any plant louse, or aphis.
Pucherite Pu"cher·ite noun [ So named from the
Pucher Mine, in Saxony.]
(Min.) Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals.
Puck Puck noun [ Middle English
pouke ; confer OSw.
puke , Icelandic
pūki an evil demon, W.
pwca a hobgoblin. Confer
Poker a bugbear,
Pug .]
1. (Mediæval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow , Friar Rush , Pug , etc. Shak. He meeteth Puck , whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall.
Drayton. 2. (Zoology) The goatsucker. [ Prov. Eng.]
Puck Puck noun A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals.
Pucka Puck"a adjective [ Written also
pukka .] [ Hind.
pakkā cooked, ripe, solid.]
Good of its kind; -- variously used as implying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar. [ India]
It's pukka famine, by the looks of it.
Kipling.
Puckball Puck"ball` noun [
Puck +
ball .]
A puffball.
Pucker Puck"er transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Puckered ;
present participle & verbal noun Puckering .] [ From
Poke a pocket, small bag.]
To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up ; as, to pucker up the mouth. "His skin [ was]
puckered up in wrinkles."
Spectator.
Pucker Puck"er noun 1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds. 2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Puckerer Puck"er·er noun One who, or that which, puckers.
Puckery Puck"er·y adjective 1. Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste. Lowell. 2. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
Puckfist Puck"fist` noun A puffball.
Puckish Puck"ish adjective [ From
Puck .]
Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. "
Puckish freaks."
J. R. Green.
Pucras Pu"cras noun [ From a native name in India.]
(Zoology) See Koklass .
Pud Pud noun Same as Pood .
Pud Pud noun The hand; the first. [ Colloq.]
Lamb.
Puddening Pud"den·ing noun [ Probably from
pudden , for
pudding , in allusion to its softness.]
(Nautical) (a) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat. (b) A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between spars, or the like.
Pudder Pud"der intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Puddered ;
present participle & verbal noun Puddering .] [ Confer
Pother .]
To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle. Puddering in the designs or doings of others.
Barrow. Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs.
Holland.
Pudder Pud"der transitive verb To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. Locke.
Pudder Pud"der noun A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. "All in a
pudder ."
Milton.
Pudding Pud"ding noun [ Confer French
boudin black pudding, sausage, Latin
botulus ,
botellus , a sausage, G. & Swedish
pudding pudding, Danish
podding ,
pudding , LG.
puddig thick, stumpy, W.
poten ,
potten , also English
pod ,
pout , v.]
1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc. And solid pudding against empty praise.
Pope. 2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding. 3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage. Shak. 4. Any food or victuals. Eat your pudding , slave, and hold your tongue.
Prior. 5. (Nautical) Same as Puddening . Pudding grass (Botany) ,
the true pennyroyal ( Mentha Pulegium ), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast meat. Dr. Prior. --
Pudding pie ,
a pudding with meat baked in it. Taylor (1630). --
Pudding pipe (Botany) ,
the long, cylindrical pod of the leguminous tree Cassia Fistula . The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See Cassia . --
Pudding sleeve ,
a full sleeve like that of the English clerical gown. Swift. --
Pudding stone .
(Min.) See Conglomerate , noun , 2. --
Pudding time .
(a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish first eaten. [ Obsolete]
Johnson. (b) The nick of time; critical time. [ Obsolete]
Mars, that still protects the stout,
In pudding time came to his aid.
Hudibras.
Pudding fish, Pudding wife Pud"ding fish, Pudding wife [ Prob. corrupted from the Spanish name in Cuba, pudiano verde .] (Zoology) A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish ( Iridio, syn. Platyglossus, radiatus ) of Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano , doncella , and, at Bermuda, bluefish .
Pudding-headed Pud"ding-head`ed adjective Stupid. [ Colloq.]
Puddle Pud"dle noun [ Middle English
podel ; confer LG.
pudel , Ir. & Gael.
plod pool.]
1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. Spenser. 2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. Puddle poet ,
a low or worthless poet. [ R.]
Fuller.
Puddle Pud"dle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Puddled ;
present participle & verbal noun Puddling .]
1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). Some unhatched practice . . .
Hath puddled his clear spirit.
Shak. 2. (a) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water. (b) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to. 3. To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron. Ure. Puddled steel ,
steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process.
Puddle Pud"dle intransitive verb To make a dirty stir. [ Obsolete]
R. Junius.
Puddle-ball Pud"dle-ball` noun The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.
Puddle-bar Pud"dle-bar" noun An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.
Puddler Pud"dler noun One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.
Puddling Pud"dling noun 1. (Hydraul. Engin.) (a) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material. (b) Puddle. See Puddle , noun , 2. 2. (Metal.) The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities. Puddling furnace ,
a reverberatory furnace in which cast iron is converted into wrought iron or into steel by puddling.
Puddly Pud"dly adjective Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul. "Thick
puddly water."
Carew.
Puddock Pud"dock noun [ For
paddock , or
parrock , a park.]
A small inclosure. [ Written also
purrock .] [ Prov. Eng.]
Pudency Pu"den·cy noun [ Latin
pudens , present participle of
pudere to be ashamed.]
Modesty; shamefacedness. "A
pudency so rosy."
Shak.
Pudenda Pu·den"da noun plural [ Latin , from
pudendus that of which one ought to be ashamed, from
pudere to be ashamed.]
(Anat.) The external organs of generation.
Pudendal Pu·den"dal adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.
Pudendum Pu·den"dum noun [ New Latin See
Pudenda .]
(Anat.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.
Pudgy Pudg"y adjective Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand. Thackeray.
Pudic Pu"dic adjective [ Latin
pudicus modest, from
pudere to be ashamed: confer French
pudique .]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation.
Pudical Pu"dic·al adjective (Anat.) Pudic.
Pudicity Pu·dic"i·ty noun [ Confer French
pudicité , Latin
pudicitia .]
Modesty; chastity. Howell.
Pudu Pu"du noun (Zoology) A very small deer ( Pudua humilis ), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.
Pue Pue intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pued ;
present participle & verbal noun Puing .]
To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. Halliwell.
Pueblo Pueb"lo noun [ Spanish , a village, Latin
populus people. See
People .]
A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region. Pueblo Indians (Ethnol.) ,
any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. The principal Pueblo tribes are the Moqui, the Zuñi, the Keran, and the Tewan.
Puefellow Pue"fel`low noun A pewfellow. [ Obsolete]
Puer Pu"er noun [ Etymol. uncertain.]
The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning. Simmonds.
Puerco Pu·er"co noun [ Spanish ]
A hog. Puerco beds (Geol.) ,
a name given to certain strata belonging to the earliest Eocene. They are developed in Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by their mammalian remains.
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