Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PUGH

PUGH, exclamation A word used in contempt or disdain.

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PUGIL

PU'GIL, noun [Latin pugillum, from the root of pugnus, the fist; probably coinciding with the Greek, to make thick, that is, to close or press.]As much as is taken up between th...

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PUGILISM

PU'GILISM, noun [Latin pugil, a champion or prize-fighter, from the Gr. id.; the fist; with the fist; to close or make fast; allied probably to pack, Latin pango.]The practice o...

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PUGILIST

PU'GILIST, noun A boxer; one who fights with his fists.

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PUGILISTIC

PUGILIS'TIC, adjective Pertaining to boxing or fighting with the fist.

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PUGNACIOUS

PUGNA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin pugnax, from pugna, a fight; from pugnus, the fist. See Pugil.]Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.

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PUGNACITY

PUGNAC'ITY, noun Inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness. [Little used.]

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PUISNE

PUISNE, adjective pu'ny.1. In law, younger or inferior in rank; as a chief justice and three puisne justices of the court of common please; the puisne barons of the court of exc...

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PUISSANCE

PU'ISSANCE, noun [Latin posse, possum, potes, potest.]Power; strength; might; force.

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PUISSANT

PU'ISSANT, adjective Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as a puissant prince or empire.

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PUISSANTLY

PU'ISSANTLY, adverb Powerfully; with great strength.

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PUKE

PUKE, verb intransitive [Heb. to evacuate, to empty; Latin vacuo; to burst forth; Latin spuo, for spuco, with a prefix. The radical sense is to throw or drive.] To vomit; to eje...

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PUKED

PU'KED, participle passive Vomited.

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PUKER

PU'KER, noun A medicine causing vomiting.

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PUKING

PU'KING, participle present tense Vomiting.

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PULCHRITUDE

PUL'CHRITUDE, noun [Latin pulchritudo, from pulcher, beautiful.]1. Beauty; handsomeness; grace; comeliness; that quality of form which pleases the eye.2. Moral beauty; those qua...

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PULE

PULE, verb intransitive [Latin pello.]1. To cry like a chicken.2. To whine; to cry as a complaining child; to whimper.To speak puling like a beggar at halimass.

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PULIC

PU'LIC, noun A plant.

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PULICOSE

PU'LICOSEPU'LICOUS, adjective [Latin pulicosus, from pulex, a flea.]Abounding n with fleas. [Not used.]

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PULICOUS

PU'LICOUS, a. [L. pulicosus, from pulex, a flea.]Abounding n with fleas. [Not used.]

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PULING

PU'LING, participle present tense Crying like a chicken; whining.PU'LING, noun A cry, as of a chicken; a whining.

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PULINGLY

PU'LINGLY, adverb With whining or complaint.

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PULIOL

PU'LIOL, noun A plant.

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PULKHA

PULK'HA, noun A Laplander's traveling sled or sleigh.

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PULL

PULL, verb transitive [Latin vello.]1. To draw; to draw towards one or to make an effort to draw. pull differs from draw; we use draw when motion follows the effort, and pull is...

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PULLBACK

PULL'BACK, noun That which keeps back, or restrains from proceeding.

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PULLED

PULL'ED, participle passive Drawn towards one; plucked.