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Pudgy (?), a. Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand. Thackeray.
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Pudic (?), a. [L. pudicus modest, fr. pudere to be ashamed: cf. F. pudique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation.
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Pudical (?), a. (Anat.) Pudic.
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Pudicity (?), n. [Cf. F. pudicité, L. pudicitia.] Modesty; chastity. Howell.
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Pudu (?), n. (Zoöl.) A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.
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Pue (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puing.] To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. Halliwell.
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Pueblo (?), n. [Sp., a village, L. populus people. See .] 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.
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Coloq. 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.
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Puefellow (?), n. A pewfellow. [Obs.]
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Puer (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning. Simmonds.
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Puerco (?), n. [Sp.] A hog.
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Coloq. 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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Puerile (?), a. [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F. puéril.] Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
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The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. De Quincey.
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Syn. -- Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See .
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Puerilely, adv. In a puerile manner; childishly.
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Puerileness, n. The quality of being puerile; puerility.
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Puerility (?), n.; pl. Puerilities (#). [L. puerilitas: cf. F. puérilité.] 1. The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness. Sir T. Browne.
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2. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly.
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Puerperal (?), a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerpéral.] Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.
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Puerperous (?), a. Bearing children. [R.]
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Puet (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pewit.
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Puff (?), n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. .] 1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. “ To every puff of wind a slave.” Flatman.
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2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically: (a) A puffball. (b) kind of light pastry. (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
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3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
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Coloq. Puff adder . (Zoöl.) (a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have the power of greatly distending their bodies when irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera arietans, or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming over four feet long. The plumed puff adder (Clotho cornuta) has a plumelike appendage over each eye. (b) A North American harmless snake (Heterodon platyrrhinos) which has the power of puffing up its body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead, spreading adder, and blowing adder. -- Coloq. Puff bird (Zoöl.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family Bucconidæ. They are small birds, usually with dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail feathers. See (b).
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Puff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (pŭft); p. pr. & vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff, D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff, Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See , n.] 1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation. South.
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3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
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The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from the chase. L' Estrange.
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4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. Boyle.
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5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
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Then came brave Glory puffing by. Herbert.
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Puff, v. t. 1. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
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The clearing north will puff the clouds away. Dryden.
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2. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
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I puff the prostitute away. Dryden.
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3. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
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The sea puffed up with winds. Shak.
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4. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
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Puffed up with military success. Jowett (Thucyd. )
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5. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly. “ Puffed with wonderful skill.” Macaulay.
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Puff, a. Puffed up; vain. [R.] Fanshawe.
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Puffball (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.
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Puffer (?), n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.
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2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. Bouvier.
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3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family Tetraodontidae; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are highly poisonous due to the presence of glands containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin. Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan, being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove the poison glands. (b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
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4. (Dyeing) A kier.
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Puffery (?), n. The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
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Puffin (pŭffĭn), n. [Akin to puff.] 1. (Zoöl.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot.
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☞ The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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Coloq. Manx puffin , the Manx shearwater. See under .
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] Rider's Dict. (1640).
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Puffiness (?), n. The quality or state of being puffy.
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Puffing, a. & n. from , v. i. & t.
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Coloq. Puffing adder . (Zoöl.) Same as Puff adder (b), under . -- Coloq. Puffing pig (Zoöl.), the common porpoise.
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Puffingly, adv. In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.
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Puff-leg (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
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Puff-legged (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
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Puffy (?), a. 1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. “ A very stout, puffy man.” Thackeray.
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2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
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Pug (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.] [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]
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1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.
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2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See , 2.
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Pug, n. 1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
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2. A pug mill.
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Coloq. Pug mill , a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed.
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Pug, n. [Corrupted fr. puck. See .] 1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as . [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.] Addison.
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3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
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4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.] Lyly.
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5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] Holland.
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6. A prostitute. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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7. (Zoöl.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
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8. (Zoöl.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
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Pug (?), n. [Hind. pag foot.] A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]
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Pug-faced (?), a. Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.
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Puggaree (?), n. Same as .
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Pugger (?), v. t. To pucker. [Obs.]
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Puggered (?), a. Puckered. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Pugging (?), n. [See , v. t.] 1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.
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2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.
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Pugging, a. Thieving. [Obs.] Shak.
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{ Puggry (?), Puggree (?) }, n. [Written also puggaree, puggeree, etc.] [Hind. pagṛi turban.] A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun. [India] Yule.

A blue-gray felt hat with a gold puggaree. Kipling.
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Pugh (?), interj. Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.
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Pugil (?), n. [L. pugillus, pugillum, a handful, akin to pugnus the fist.] As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Pugilism (?), n. [L. pugil a pugilist, boxer, akin to pugnus the fist. Cf. , .] The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.
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Pugilist, n. [L. pugil.] One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
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Pugilistic (?), a. Of or pertaining to pugillism.
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Pugnacious (?), a. [L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. , .] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --Pugnaciously, adv. -- Pugnaciousness, n.
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Pugnacity (?), n. [L. pugnacitas: cf. F. pugnacité.] Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. “ A national pugnacity of character.” Motley.
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Pug nose (?). A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- Pug-nosed (#), a.
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Coloq. Pug-nose eel (Zoöl.), a deep-water marine eel (Simenchelys parasiticus) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of the halibut.
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Puh (?), interj. The same as .
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Puisne (pūn�), a. [See .] 1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. [Obs.] “ A puisne date to eternity.” Sir M. Hale.
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2. Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]
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3. (Law) Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer. Blackstone.
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Puisne, n. One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.
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It were not a work for puisnes and novices. Bp. Hall.
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Puisny (?), a. Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. [R.]
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A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side. Shak.
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Puissance, n. [F., fr. puissant. See , and cf. , , .] Power; strength; might; force; potency. “ Youths of puissance.” Tennyson.
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The power and puissance of the king. Shak.
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☞ In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.
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Puissant (?), a. [F., originally, a p. pr. formed fr. L. posse to be able: cf. L. potens powerful. See .] Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or empire. “ Puissant deeds.” Milton.
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Of puissant nations which the world possessed. Spenser.
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And worldlings in it are less merciful,
And more puissant. Mrs. Browning.
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Puissantly, adv. In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength.
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Puissantness, n. The state or quality of being puissant; puissance; power.
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Puit (?), n. [F. puits, from L. puteus well.] A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring. [Obs.]
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The puits flowing from the fountain of life. Jer. Taylor.
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Puke (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puking.] [Cf. G. spucken to spit, and E. spew.] To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
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The infant
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Shak.
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Puke, v. t. To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.
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Puke, n. A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.
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Puke, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. Shak.
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☞ This color has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity.
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Puker (?), n. 1. One who pukes, vomits.
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2. That which causes vomiting. Garth.
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Pukka (?), a. Same as . [India]
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Pulas (?), n. [Skr. palāça.] (Bot.) The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea, under . [Written also pales and palasa.]
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Pulchritude (?), n. [L. pulchritudo, fr. pulcher beautiful.] 1. That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.
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Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. Court of Love.
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2. Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.
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By the pulchritude of their souls make up what is wanting in the beauty of their bodies. Ray.
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Pule (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puling.] [F. piauler; cf. L. pipilare, pipire, to peep, pip, chirp, and E. peep to chirp.] 1. To cry like a chicken. Bacon.
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2. To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
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It becometh not such a gallant to whine and pule. Barrow.
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Puler (?), n. One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person.
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Pulex (?), n. [L., a flea.] (Zoöl.) A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See .
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Pulicene (?), a. [From L. pulex, pulicis, a flea.] Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose.
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{ Pulicose (?), Pulicous (?), } a. [L. pulicosus, from pulex, a flea.] Abounding with fleas.
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Puling (?), n. A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.
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Leave this faint puling and lament as I do. Shak.
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Puling, a. Whimpering; whining; childish.
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Pulingly, adv. With whining or complaint.
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Pulkha (?), n. A Laplander's traveling sledge. See .
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Pull (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pulling.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall, piol, spiol.] 1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
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Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. Shak.
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He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in. Gen. viii. 9.
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2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
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He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. Lam. iii. 11.
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3. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
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4. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
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5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.
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6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
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7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See , n., 8.
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Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. R. H. Lyttelton.
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Coloq. To pull and haul , to draw hither and thither. “ Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. ” South. -- Coloq. To pull down , to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house. “ In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up.” Howell. “ To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud.” Roscommon. -- Coloq. To pull a finch . See under . -- Coloq. To pull off , take or draw off.
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