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Ptyalin (?), n. [Gr. � spittle. See .] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.
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Ptyalism (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to spit much, fr. � spittle, fr. � to spit: cf. F. ptyalisme.] Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva. Quain.
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Ptyalogogue (?), n. [Gr. � spittle + � driving.] (Med.) A ptysmagogue.
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Ptysmagogue (?), n. [Gr. � spittle + � driving: cf. F. ptysmagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva.
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Ptyxis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a folding.] (Bot.) The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud.
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Pubble (?), a. [Perhaps fr. bubble.] Puffed out, pursy; pudgy; fat. [Obs.] Drant.
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Puberal (?), a. [From L. puber, pubes, grown up, adult.] Of or pertaining to puberty.
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Puberty (?), n. [L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult: cf. F. puberté.] 1. The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.
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2. (Bot.) The period when a plant first bears flowers.
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Puberulent (?), a. [See .] (Bot.) Very minutely downy.
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Pubes (?), n. [L., the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from pubes adult.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty. (b) Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region.
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2. (Bot.) The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.
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Pubescence (?), n. [Cf. F. pubescence.] 1. The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty. Sir T. Browne.
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2. A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered.
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Pubescency (?), n. Pubescence.
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Pubescent (?), a. [L. pubescens, -entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.] 1. Arrived at puberty.
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That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. Sir T. Browne.
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2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.
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Pubic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes; as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of the hypogastric region. See . (b) Of or pertaining to the pubis.
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Pubis (?), n. [NL. See .] (Anat.) The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.
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Public (?), a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See .] 1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
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To the public good
Private respects must yield. Milton.
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He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster.
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2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
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Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. Matt. i. 19.
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3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. “The public street.” Shak.
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Coloq. public act or Coloq. public statute (Law), an act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice. -- Coloq. Public credit . See under . -- Coloq. Public funds . See , 3. -- Coloq. Public house , an inn, or house of entertainment. -- Coloq. Public law . (a) See International law, under . (b) A public act or statute. -- Coloq. Public nuisance . (Law) See under . -- Coloq. Public orator . (Eng. Universities) See , 3. -- Coloq. Public stores , military and naval stores, equipments, etc. -- Coloq. Public works , all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost.
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Public, n. 1. The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.
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The public is more disposed to censure than to praise. Addison.
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2. A public house; an inn. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Coloq. In public , openly; before an audience or the people at large; not in private or secrecy. “We are to speak in public.” Shak.
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Publican (?), n. [L. publicanus: cf. F. publicain. See .] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation.
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As Jesus at meat . . . many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. Matt. 1x. 10.
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How like a fawning publican he looks! Shak.
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2. The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine.
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Publication (?), n. [L. publicatio confiscation: cf. F. publication. See .] 1. The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
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2. The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
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The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others. Swift.
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3. That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
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4. An act done in public. [R. & Obs.]
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His jealousy . . . attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man. Jer. Taylor.
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Coloq. Publication of a libel (Law), such an exhibition of a libel as brings it to the notice of at least one person other than the person libeled. -- Coloq. Publication of a will (Law), the delivery of a will, as his own, by a testator to witnesses who attest it.
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Public-hearted (?), a. Public-spirited. [R.]
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Publicist (?), n. [Cf. F. publiciste.] A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc.
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The Whig leaders, however, were much more desirous to get rid of Episcopacy than to prove themselves consummate publicists and logicians. Macaulay.
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Publicity (?), n. [Cf. F. publicité.] The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.
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Publicity pamphlet. A pamphlet which, in some States of the United States having the initiative or referendum, is mailed to the voters to inform them as to the nature of a measure submitted by the initiative or referendum. The pamphlet contains a copy of the proposed law and arguments for and against it by those favoring and opposing it, respectively.
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Publicly (?), adv. 1. With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made.
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2. In the name of the community. Addison.
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Public-minded (?), a. Public-spirited. -- Public-mindedness, n.
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Publicness, n. 1. The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the publicness of a sale.
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2. The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property. Boyle.
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Public school. (a) In Great Britain, any of various schools maintained by the community, wholly or partly under public control, or maintained largely by endowment and not carried on chiefly for profit; specif., and commonly, any of various select and usually expensive endowed schools which give a liberal modern education or prepare pupils for the universities. Eton, Harrow, Rugby, and Winchester are of this class. (b) In the United States, a free primary, grammar, or high school maintained by the local government.
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{ Public-service corporation or sometimes Quasi-public corporation }. A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.
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Public-spirited (?), a. 1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.
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2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison.
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-- Public-spiritedly, adv. -- Public-spiritedness, n.
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Publish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Published (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Publishing.] [F. publier, L. publicare, publicatum. See , and .] 1. To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict.
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Published was the bounty of her name. Chaucer.
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The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand. Addison.
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2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage.
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3. To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press.
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4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper. [U.S.]
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Coloq. To publish a will (Law), to acknowledge it before the witnesses as the testator's last will and testament.
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Syn. -- To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate; disclose; divulge; reveal. See .
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Publishable (?), a. Capable of being published; suitable for publication.
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Publisher (?), n. One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine.
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For love of you, not hate unto my friend,
Hath made me publisher of this pretense. Shak.
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Publishment (?), n. 1. The act or process of making publicly known; publication.
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2. A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States. [U.S.]
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Puccoon (?), n. [From the American Indian name.] (Bot.) 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 (Lithospermum hirtum, and Lithospermum canescens); also, the pigment itself.
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Puce (?), a. [F., fr. puce a flea, L. pulex, pulicis.] Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.
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Pucel (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Pucelage (?; 48), n. [F.] Virginity. [R.]
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Pucelle (?), n. [F., fr. LL. pulicella, fr. L. pullus a young animal. See .] A maid; a virgin. [Written also pucel.] [Obs.]
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Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. B. Jonson.
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Coloq. La Pucelle , the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.
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Puceron (?), n. [F., from puce a flea. See .] (Zoöl.) Any plant louse, or aphis.
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Pucherite (?), n. [So named from the Pucher Mine, in Saxony.] (Min.) Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals.
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Puck (?), n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. pūki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. a bugbear, .] 1. (Mediæval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. Shak.
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He meeteth Puck, whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton.
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2. (Zoöl.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
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Puck (?), n. A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals.
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Pucka (?), a. [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.
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Puckball (?), n. [Puck + ball.] A puffball.
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Pucker (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puckering.] [From 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.
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Pucker, n. 1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
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2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
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Puckerer, n. One who, or that which, puckers.
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Puckery (?), a. 1. Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste. Lowell.
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2. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
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Puckfist (?), n. A puffball.
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Puckish, a. [From .] Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. “Puckish freaks.” J. R. Green.
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Pucras (?), n. [From a native name in India.] (Zoöl.) See .
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Pud (?), n. Same as .
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Pud (?), n. The hand; the first. [Colloq.] Lamb.
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Puddening (?), n. [Probably fr. pudden, for pudding, in allusion to its softness.] (Naut.) (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.
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Pudder (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puddered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puddering.] [Cf. .] To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.
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Puddering in the designs or doings of others. Barrow.
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Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland.
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Pudder, v. t. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. Locke.
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Pudder, n. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. “All in a pudder.” Milton.
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Pudding (?), n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L. botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan. podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten, also E. 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.
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And solid pudding against empty praise. Pope.
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2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
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3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage. Shak.
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4. Any food or victuals.
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Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. Prior.
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5. (Naut.) Same as .
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Coloq. Pudding grass (Bot.), the true pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast meat. Dr. Prior. -- Coloq. Pudding pie , a pudding with meat baked in it. Taylor (1630). -- Coloq. Pudding pipe (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the leguminous tree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See . -- Coloq. Pudding sleeve , a full sleeve like that of the English clerical gown. Swift. -- Coloq. Pudding stone . (Min.) See , n., 2. -- Coloq. Pudding time . (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish first eaten. [Obs.] Johnson. (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
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Mars, that still protects the stout,
In pudding time came to his aid. Hudibras.
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{ Pudding fish, Pudding wife }. [Prob. corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zoöl.) A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish (Iridio radiatus, syn. Platyglossus radiatus) of Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano, doncella, and, at Bermuda, bluefish.
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Pudding-headed (?), a. Stupid. [Colloq.]
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Puddle (?), n. [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool.] 1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. Spenser.
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2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.
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Coloq. Puddle poet , a low or worthless poet. [R.] Fuller.
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Puddle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Puddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puddling (?).] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
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Some unhatched practice . . .
Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak.
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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.
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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.
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Coloq. Puddled steel , steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process.
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Puddle, v. i. To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] R. Junius.
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Puddle-ball (?), n. The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.
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Puddle-bar (?), n. An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.
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Puddler (?), n. One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.
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Puddling (?), n. 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 , n., 2.
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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.
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Coloq. Puddling furnace , a reverberatory furnace in which cast iron is converted into wrought iron or into steel by puddling.
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Puddly (?), a. Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul. “Thick puddly water.” Carew.
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Puddock (?), n. [For paddock, or parrock, a park.] A small inclosure. [Written also purrock.] [Prov. Eng.]
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Pudency (?), n. [L. pudens, p. pr. of pudere to be ashamed.] Modesty; shamefacedness. “A pudency so rosy.” Shak.
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Pudenda (?), n. pl. [L., from pudendus that of which one ought to be ashamed, fr. pudere to be ashamed.] (Anat.) The external organs of generation.
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Pudendal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.
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Pudendum (?), n. [NL. See .] (Anat.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.
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