PUBLICATION
PUBLICA'TION, noun [Latin publicatio, from publico, from publicus.]1. The act of publishing or offering to public notice, notification to a people at large, either by words, wri...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PUBLICIST
PUB'LICIST, noun A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who treats of the rights of nations.
PUBLICITY
PUBLIC'ITY, noun The state of being public or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety.
PUBLICLY
PUB'LICLY, adverb Openly; with exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; as property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly...
PUBLICNESS
PUB'LICNESS, noun The state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; as the publicness of a sale.1. State of belonging to the community; as the publicn...
PUBLISH
PUB'LISH, verb transitive [Latin publico. See Public.]1. To discover or make known to mankind or to people in general what before was private or unknown; to divulge, as a privat...
PUBLISHED
PUB'LISHED, participle passive Made known to the community; divulged; promulgated; proclaimed.
PUBLISHER
PUB'LISHER, noun One who makes known what was before private or unknown; one that divulges, promulgates or proclaims.1. One who sends a book or writing into the world for common...
PUBLISHING
PUB'LISHING, participle present tense Making known; divulging; promulgating; proclaiming; selling or offering publicly for sale; uttering.
PUBLISHMENT
PUB'LISHMENT, noun In popular usage in New England, a notice of intended marriage.
PUCCOON
PUCCOON', noun A plant, a species of Sanguinaria; the blood-root.
PUCE
PUCE, adjective Of a dark brown color.
PUCELAGE
PU'CELAGE, noun A state of virginity. [Little used.]
PUCERON
PU'CERON, noun The name of a tribe of small insects which are found in great numbers on the bark and leaves of plants, and live by sucking the sap; the Aphid, vine fretter, or p...
PUCK
PUCK, noun A demon; a mischievous spirit.PUCK'-BALLPUCK'-FIST, noun [from puck] A kind of mushroom full of dust.
PUCKER
PUCK'ER, verb transitive [Latin pectus; Gr. signifies closely, densely, to cover.] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate.His ...
PUCKERED
PUCK'ERED, participle passive Gathered in folds; wrinkled.
PUCKERING
PUCK'ERING, participle present tense Wrinkling.
PUDDENING
PUD'DENING, noun In seamen's language, a thick wreath or circle of cordage, tapering from the middle towards the ends, and fastened about the mast below the trusses, to prevent ...
PUDDER
PUD'DER, noun [This is supposed to be the same as pother.]A tumult; a confused noise; bustle. [Vulgar.]PUD'DER, verb intransitive To make a tumult or bustle.PUD'DER, verb transi...
PUDDING
PUD'DING, noun1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but usually a compound of flour, or meal of maiz, with milk and eggs, sometimes enri...
PUDDING-GRASS
PUD'DING-GRASS, noun A plant of the genus Mentha.
PUDDING-GROSS
PUD'DING-GROSS, noun A plant.
PUDDING-PIE
PUD'DING-PIE, noun A pudding with meat baked in it.PUDDING PIPE-TREE, noun A plant of the genus Cassia.
PUDDING-SLEEVE
PUD'DING-SLEEVE, noun A sleeve of the full dress clerical gown.
PUDDING-STONE
PUD'DING-STONE, noun Conglomerate; a coarse sandstone composed of silicious pebbles, flint, etc.united by a cement.
PUDDING-TIME
PUD'DING-TIME, noun The time of dinner; pudding being formerly the first dish set on the table, or rather first eaten; a practice not yet obsolete among the common people of New...