Punkling Punk"ling noun A young strumpet. [ Obsolete]
Punner Pun"ner noun A punster. Beau. & Fl.
Punnet Pun"net noun [ Confer Ir.
buinne a shoot, branch.]
A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.
Punnology Pun·nol"o·gy noun [
Pun +
- logy .]
The art or practice of punning; paronomasia. [ R.]
Pope.
Punster Pun"ster noun One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.
Punt Punt intransitive verb [ French
ponter , or Italian
puntare , from Latin
punctum point. See
Point .]
To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble. She heard . . . of his punting at gaming tables.
Thackeray.
Punt Punt noun Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
Punt Punt noun [ Anglo-Saxon , from Latin
ponto punt, pontoon. See
Pontoon .]
(Nautical) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
Punt Punt transitive verb 1. To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion. Livingstone. 2. (Football) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
Punt Punt noun (Football) The act of punting the ball.
Punt Punt intransitive verb 1. To boat or hunt in a punt. 2. To punt a football.
Punt-out Punt"-out` noun (American Football) A punt made from the goal line by a player of the side which has made a touchdown to one of his own side for a fair catch, from which an attempt to kick a goal may be made.
Puntello Pun·tel"lo noun ; plural
- li . [ Italian , dim. of
punto point.]
(Sculpture) One of the points sometimes drilled as guides for cutting away superfluous stone.
Punter Punt"er noun [ Confer French
ponte . See
Punt ,
transitive verb ]
One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro. Hoyle.
Punter Punt"er noun One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
Punter Punt"er noun (London Stock Exchange) A scalper.
Puntil, Puntel Pun"til, Pun"tel noun (Glass Making) See Pontee .
Punto Pun"to noun [ Italian
punto , Latin
punctum point. See
Point .]
(Fencing) A point or hit. Punty Pun"ty noun (Glass Making) See Pontee .
Puny Pu"ny adjective [
Compar. Punier ;
superl. Puniest .] [ French
puîté younger, later born, Old French
puisné ;
puis afterwards (L.
post ; see
Post- ) +
né born, Latin
natus . See
Natal , and confer
Puisne .]
Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty. A puny subject strikes at thy great glory.
Shak. Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.
Keble.
Puny Pu"ny noun A youth; a novice. [ R.]
Fuller.
Puoy Puoy noun Same as Poy , noun , 3.
Pup Pup noun [ See
Puppy .]
(Zoology) (a) A young dog; a puppy. (b) a young seal.
Pup Pup intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pupped ;
present participle & verbal noun Pupping .]
To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.
Pupa Pu"pa noun ;
plural Latin
Pup... , English
Pupas . [ Latin
pupa girl. doll, puppet, fem. of
pupus . Confer
Puppet .]
1. (Zoology) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage. » Among insects belonging to the higher orders, as the Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, the pupa is inactive and takes no food; in the lower orders it is active and takes food, and differs little from the imago except in the rudimentary state of the sexual organs, and of the wings in those that have wings when adult. The term
pupa is sometimes applied to other invertebrates in analogous stages of development.
2. (Zoology) A genus of air- breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell. Coarctate , or
Obtected ,
pupa ,
a pupa which is incased in the dried-up skin of the larva, as in many Diptera. --
Masked pupa ,
a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera.
Pupal Pu"pal adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.
Pupate Pu"pate intransitive verb (Zoology) To become a pupa.
Pupation Pu·pa"tion noun (Zoology) the act of becoming a pupa.
Pupe Pupe noun [ French]
(Zoology) A pupa.
Pupelo Pu·pe"lo noun Cider brandy. [ Local, U. S.]
Bartlett.
Pupigerous Pu·pig"er·ous adjective [
Pupa +
- gerous .]
(Zoology) Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvæ which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them.
Pupil Pu"pil noun [ French
pupille , noun fem., Latin
pupilla the pupil of the eye, originally dim. of
pupa a girl. See
Puppet , and confer
Pupil a scholar.]
(Anat.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye , and Iris . Pin-hole pupil (Medicine) ,
the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. Dunglison.
Pupil Pu"pil noun [ French
pupille , noun masc. & fem., Latin
pupillus ,
pupilla , dim. of
pupus boy,
pupa girl. See
Puppet , and confer
Pupil of the eye.]
1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor. Too far in years to be a pupil now.
Shak. Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils .
L'Estrange. 2. A person under a guardian; a ward. Dryden. 3. (Civil Law) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female. Syn. -- Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See
Scholar .
Pupilage Pu"pil·age noun The state of being a pupil. As sons of kings, loving in pupilage ,
Have turned to tyrants when they came to power.
Tennyson.
Pupillarity Pu`pil·lar"i·ty noun [ Confer French
pupillarité . See
Pupillary .]
(Scots Law) The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.
Pupillary Pu"pil·la·ry adjective [ Latin
pupillaris : confer French
pupillaire . See
Pupil .]
1. Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward. Johnson. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
Pupillometer Pu`pil·lom"e·ter noun [ Latin
pupilla pupil of the eye +
-meter .]
(Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the pupil of the eye.
Pupipara Pu·pip"a·ra noun plural [ New Latin See
Pupiparous .]
(Zoology) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera .
Pupiparous Pu·pip"a·rous adjective [
Pupa + Latin
parere to bring forth.]
(Zoology) (a) Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larvæ, or larval skins, of certain Diptera. (b) Of or pertaining to the Pupipara.
Pupivora Pu·piv"o·ra noun plural [ New Latin See
Pupivorous .]
(Zoology) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvæ and pupæ of insects.
Pupivorous Pu·piv"o·rous adjective [
Pupa + Latin
vorare to devour.]
(Zoology) Feeding on the pupæ of insects.
Puplican Pup"li·can noun Publican. [ Obsolete]
Puppet Pup"pet noun [ Middle English
popet , Old French
poupette ; akin to French
poupée a doll, probably from Latin
puppa ,
pupa , a girl, doll, puppet. Confer
Poupeton ,
Pupa ,
Pupil ,
Puppy .] [ Written also
poppet .]
1. A small image in the human form; a doll. 2. A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play. At the pipes of some carved organ move,
The gilded puppets dance.
Pope. 3. One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt. Sir W. Scott. 4. (Machinery) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe. Puppet master .
Same as Puppetman . --
Puppet play ,
a puppet show. --
Puppet player ,
one who manages the motions of puppets. --
Puppet show ,
a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires. --
Puppet valve ,
a valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel with it, -- used in steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the valve is closed. See the valves shown in Illusts. of Plunger pump , and Safety valve , under Plunger , and Safety .
Puppetish Pup"pet·ish adjective Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.
Puppetman Pup"pet·man noun A master of a puppet show.
Puppetry Pup"pet·ry noun Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation. Puppetry of the English laws of divorce.
Chambers.
Puppy Pup"py noun ;
plural Puppies . [ French
poupée doll, puppet. See
Puppet , and confer
Pup ,
noun ]
1. (Zoology) The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp. 2. A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person. I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm.
Addison.
Puppy Pup"py intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Puppied ;
present participle & verbal noun Puppying .]
To bring forth whelps; to pup.
Puppyhood Pup"py·hood noun The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.
Puppyish Pup"py·ish adjective Like a puppy.
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