Webster's Dictionary 1913

9505

Pudical

Pu″dic‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Pudic.

9506

Pudicity

Pu‐dic″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. pudicité, L. pudicitia.] Modesty; chastity. Howell.

9507

Pudu

Pu″du (?), n.(Zoöl.) A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.

9508

Pue

Pue (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Pued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Puing.] To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. Halliwell.

9509

Pueblo

Pueb″lo (?), n. [Sp., a village, L. populus people. See People.] A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and...

9510

Puefellow

Pue″fel′low (?), n. A pewfellow.

9511

Puer

Pu″er (?), n. The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning. Simmonds.

9512

Puerco

‖Pu‐er″co (?), n. A hog.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,...

9513

Puerile

Pu″er‐ile (?), a. [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F. puéril.] Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile a...

9514

Puerilely

Pu″er‐ile‐ly, adv. In a puerile manner; childishly.

9515

Puerileness

Pu″er‐ile‐ness, n. The quality of being puerile; puerility.

9516

Puerility

Pu′er‐il″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Puerilities (#). [L. puerilitas: cf. F. puérilité.] 1. The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness. Sir T. Browne.2. That which is puerile ...

9517

Puerperal

Pu‐er″per‐al (?), a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerpéral.] Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.

9518

Puerperous

Pu‐er″per‐ous (?), a. Bearing children.

9519

Puet

Pu″et (?), n.(Zoöl.) The pewit.

9520

Puff

Puff (pŭf), n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.] 1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or ...

9521

Puff (2)

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. puff...

9522

Puff (3)

Puff, v. t. 1. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.The clearing north will puff the clouds away. Dryden.2. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.I puff the prostitute a...

9523

Puff (4)

Puff, a. Puffed up; vain. Fanshawe.

9524

Puff-leg

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.

9525

Puff-legged

Puff″–legged′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.

9526

Puffball

Puff″ball′ (?), 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, bull...

9527

Puffer

Puff″er (?), n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the pri...

9528

Puffery

Puff″er‐y (?), n. The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.

9529

Puffin

Puf″fin (pŭf″fĭn), 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 al...

9530

Puffiness

Puff″i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being puffy.

9531

Puffing

Puff″ing, a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.Puffing adder. (Zoöl.) Same as Puff adder (b), under Puff. — Puffing pig(Zoöl.), the common porpoise.