Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PUNDLE

PUN'DLE, noun A short and fat woman. [Not used.]

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PUNGAR

PUN'GAR, noun A fish.

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PUNGENCY

PUN'GENCY, noun [Latin pungens, pungo, to prick.]1. The power of pricking or piercing; as the pungency of a substance.2. That quality of a substance which produces the sensation...

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PUNGENT

PUN'GENT, adjective [Latin pungens, pungo.] Pricking; stimulating; as pungent snuff.The pungent grains of titillating dust.1. Acrid; affecting the tongue like small sharp points...

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PUNIC

PU'NIC, adjective [Latin punicus, pertaining to Carthage or its inhabitants, from Poeni, the Carthaginians.] Pertaining to the Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; deceitful; ...

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PUNICE

PU'NICE, noun A wall-louse; a bug. [Not in use.]

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PUNICEOUS

PUNI'CEOUS, adjective [Latin puniceus. See Punic.] Purple.

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PUNINESS

PU'NINESS, noun [from puny.] Littleness; pettiness; smallness with feebleness.

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PUNISH

PUN'ISH, verb transitive [Latin punio, from the root of poena, pain. The primary sense is to press or strain.]1. To pain; to afflict with pain, loss or calamity for a crime or f...

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PUNISHABLE

PUN'ISHABLE, adjective Worthy of punishment.1. Liable to punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; applied to persons or offenses; as, a man is punishable for robbe...

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PUNISHABLENESS

PUN'ISHABLENESS, noun The quality of deserving or being liable to punishment.

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PUNISHED

PUN'ISHED, participle passive Afflicted with pain or evil as the retribution of a crime or offense; chastised.

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PUNISHER

PUN'ISHER, noun One that inflicts pain, loss or other evil for a crime or offense.

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PUNISHING

PUN'ISHING, participle present tense Afflicting with pain, penalty or suffering of any kind, as the retribution of a crime or offense.

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PUNISHMENT

PUN'ISHMENT, noun Any pain or suffering inflicted on a person for a crime or offense, by the authority to which the offender is subject, either by the constitution of God or of ...

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PUNITION

PUNI'TION, noun [Latin punitio, from punio.] Punishment. [Little used.]

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PUNITIVE

PU'NITIVE, adjective Awarding or inflicting punishment; that punishes; as punitive law or justice.

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PUNITORY

PU'NITORY, adjective Punishing or tending to punishment.

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PUNK

PUNK, noun A prostitute; a strumpet.

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PUNNER

PUN'NER, noun A punster, which see.

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PUNNING

PUN'NING, participle present tense [from pun.] Using a word at once in different senses.PUN'NING, noun The art or practice of using puns; a playing on words.

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PUNSTER

PUN'STER, noun One that puns or is skilled in punning; a quibbler; a low wit.

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PUNT

PUNT, verb intransitive To play at basset and omber.PUNT, noun [Latin pons, a bridge.] A flat-bottomed boat used in caulking and repairing ships.

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PUNTER

PUNT'ER, noun One that plays in basset against the banker or dealer.

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PUNY

PU'NY, adjective1. Properly, young or younger; but in this sense not used.2. Inferior; petty; of an under rate; small and feeble. This word generally includes the signification ...

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PUP

PUP, verb intransitive [This word appears to be radically the same as the Latin pupa, Eng. babe.] To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.PUP, noun A...

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PUPA

PU'PA, noun [Latin supra.] In natural history, an insect in that state in which it resembles an infant in swaddling clothes. As some insects in this state have a bright exterior...