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☞ for various kinds of pumps, see , , and ; also, under , , , etc.
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Coloq. Circulating pump (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser. -- Coloq. Pump brake . See Pump handle, below. -- Coloq. Pump dale . See . -- Coloq. Pump gear , the apparatus belonging to a pump. Totten. -- Coloq. Pump handle , the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump. -- Coloq. Pump hood , a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump. -- Coloq. Pump rod , the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod. -- Coloq. Pump room , a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.] -- Coloq. Pump spear . Same as Pump rod, above. -- Coloq. Pump stock , the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump. -- Coloq. Pump well . (Naut.) See .
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Pump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pumped (pŭmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. pumping.] 1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
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2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.
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3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
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But pump not me for politics. Otway.
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Pump, v. i. To work, or raise water, a pump.
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Pumpage (?), n. That which is raised by pumps, or the work done by pumps.
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The pumpage last year amounted to . . . gallons. Sci. Amer.
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Pumper (?), n. One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping. Boyle.
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Pumpernickel (?), n. [G.] A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.
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Pumpet (?), n. A pompet.
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Coloq. Pumpet ball (Print.), a ball for inking types; a pompet.
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Pumping, a. & n. from .
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Coloq. Pumping engine , a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See .
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Pumpion (?), n. (Bot.) See .
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Pumpkin (?), n. [For older pompion, pompon, OF. pompon, L. pepo, peponis, Gr. �, properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; -- so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. , n.] (Bot.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.
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Coloq. Pumpkin seed . (a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. (b) (Zoöl.) The common pondfish.
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Pumy (?), a. [Cf. Prov. E. pummer big, large, and E. pomey pommel.] Large and rounded. [Obs.]
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A gentle stream, whose murmuring wave did play
Amongst the pumy stones. Spenser.
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Pun (?), v. t. [See to beat.] To pound. [Obs.]
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He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. Shak.
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Pun, n. [Cf. to pound, to beat.] A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation. Addison.
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A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay. Walpole.
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Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Punning.] To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble. Dryden.
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Pun, v. t. To persuade or affect by a pun. Addison.
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Puna (?), n. [Sp., of Peruv. origin.] A cold arid table-land, as in the Andes of Peru.
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Punch (?), n. [Hind. pānch five, Skr. pa�can. So called because composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See .] A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.
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Coloq. Milk punch , a sort of punch made with spirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc. -- Coloq. Punch bowl , a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is served. -- Coloq. Roman punch , a punch frozen and served as an ice.
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Punch, n. [Abbrev, fr. punchinello.] The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
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Coloq. Punch and Judy , a puppet show in which a comical little hunchbacked Punch, with a large nose, engages in altercation with his wife Judy.
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Punch (?), n. [Prov. E. Cf. .] 1. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
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I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. Pepys.
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2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
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Punch, v. t. [OE. punchen, perhaps the same word as E. punish: or cf. E. bunch.] To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
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Punch, n. A thrust or blow. [Colloq.]
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Punch, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
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2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
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3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
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Coloq. Bell punch . See under . -- Coloq. Belt punch (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts. -- Coloq. Punch press . See Punching machine, under , v. i. -- Coloq. Punch pliers , pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like.
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Punch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Punching.] [From , n., a tool; cf. F. poinçonner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
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Coloq. Punching machine , or Coloq. Punching press , a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also punch press.
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Puncheon (?), n. [F. poinçon awl, bodkin, crown, king-post, fr. L. punctio a pricking, fr. pungere to prick. See , and cf. a tool, .]
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1. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
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2. (Carp.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud. Oxf. Gloss.
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3. A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons. [U.S.] Bartlett.
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4. [F. poinçon, perh. the same as poinçon an awl.] A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
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Puncher (?), n. One who, or that which, punches.
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Punchin (?), n. See .
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punch line (?), n. 1. The final sentence, phrase, or word in a joke or humorous story that is unexpected and produces the humorous effect; the point of a joke. [wns=1]
Syn. -- laugh line, gag line, tag line.
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2. Hence: The final sentence, phrase, or word in any narration, speech, or advertisement that produces the speaker's intended effect.
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Punchinello (?), n. [It. pulcinella, probably originally a word of endearment, dim. of pulcina, pulcino, a chicken, from L. pullicenus, pullus. See .] A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. Spectator.
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Punchy (?), a. [Perhaps for paunchy, from paunch. See 3d .] Short and thick, or fat.
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{ Punctated (?), Punctated (?), } a. [From L. punctum point. See .] 1. Pointed; ending in a point or points.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.
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Punctator (?), n. One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite. E. Robinson.
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Puncticular (?), a. Comprised in, or like, a point; exact. [Obs. & R.] Sir T. Browne.
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Punctiform (?), a. [L. punctum point + -form.] Having the form of a point.
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Punctilio (pŭṉktĭly�), n.; pl. Punctilios (-yōz). [It. puntiglio, or Sp. puntillo, dim. fr. L. punctum point. See , n.] A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony.
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They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions and practices. Fuller.
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Punctilious (-yŭs), a. [Cf. It. puntiglioso, Sp. puntilloso.] Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars. “A punctilious observance of divine laws.” Rogers. “Very punctilious copies of any letters.” The Nation.
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Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of common life. I. Taylor.
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-- Punctiliously, adv. -- Punctiliousness, n.
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Punction (?), n. [L. punctio, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick: cf. F. ponction. Cf. .] A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.
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Punctist (?), n. A punctator. E. Henderson.
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Puncto (?), n. [See .] 1. A nice point of form or ceremony. Bacon.
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2. A term applied to the point in fencing. Farrow.
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Punctual (?), a. [F. ponctuel (cf. Sp. puntual, It. puntuale), from L. punctum point. See .] 1. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended. [R.] “This punctual spot.” Milton.
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The theory of the punctual existence of the soul. Krauth.
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2. Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
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Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates. Bp. Burnet.
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So much on punctual niceties they stand. C. Pitt.
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3. Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment. “The race of the undeviating and punctual sun.” Cowper.
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These sharp strokes [of a pendulum], with their inexorably steady intersections, so agree with our successive thoughts that they seem like the punctual stops counting off our very souls into the past. J. Martineau.
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