Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PURVIEW

PUR'VIEW, noun1. Primarily, a condition or proviso; but in this sense not used.2. The body of a statute, or that part which begins with 'Be it enacted, ' as distinguished form t...

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PUS

PUS, noun [Latin] The white or yellowish matter generated in ulcers and wounds in the process of healing.

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PUSH

PUSH, verb transitive1. To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; or to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; opposed to draw. We push a thin...

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PUSHED

PUSHED, participle passive Pressed; urged; driven.

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PUSHER

PUSHER, noun One that drives forward.

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PUSHING

PUSHING, participle present tense Pressing; driving; urging forward.1.adjective Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; vigorous.

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PUSHPIN

PUSHPIN, noun A child's play in which pins are pushed alternately.

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PUSILLANIMITY

PUSILLANIM'ITY, noun [Latin pusillanimitas; pusillus, small, weak, and animus, courage.] Want of that firmness and strength of mind which constitutes courage or fortitude; weakn...

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PUSILLANIMOUS

PUSILLAN'IMOUS, adjective1. Destitute of that strength and firmness of mind which constitute courage, bravery and fortitude; being of weak courage; mean spirited; cowardly; appl...

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PUSILLANIMOUSLY

PUSILLAN'IMOUSLY, adverb With want of courage.

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PUSILLANIMOUSNESS

PUSILLAN'IMOUSNESS, noun Pusillanimity; want of courage.

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PUSS

PUSS, noun1. The fondling name of a cat.2. The sportsman's name for a hare.

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PUSSINESS

PUS'SINESS, noun [from pussy.] A state of being swelled or bloated; inflation; hence, shortness of breath.

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PUSSY

PUS'SY, adjective Properly, inflated, swelled; hence, fat, short and thick; and as persons of this make labor in respiration, the word is used for short breathed.

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PUSTULATE

PUS'TULATE, verb transitive [Latin pustulatus. See Pustule.]To form into pustules or blisters.

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PUSTULE

PUSTULE, noun pus'l or pus'tul; the former is the usual pronunciation in America. [Latin pustula; from the root of push.]A pimple or wheal; a small push or eruption on the skin.

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PUSTULOUS

PUS'TULOUS, adjective [Latin pustulosus.] Full of pustules or pimples.

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PUT

PUT, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passiveput [Gr.a germ, shoot or twig. We find the same word in the Latin puto, to prune, that is, to thrust off, also to think ...

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PUT-OFF

PUT-OFF, noun An excuse; a shift for evasion or delay.

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PUTAGE

PU'TAGE, noun [See Put, a prostitute.] In law, prostitution or fornication on the part of a female.

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PUTANISM

PU'TANISM, noun Customary lewdness or prostitution of a female.

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PUTATIVE

PU'TATIVE, adjective [Latin puto, to suppose.] Supposed; reputed; commonly thought or deemed; as the putative father of a child.

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PUTID

PU'TID, adjective [Latin putidus, from puteo, to have an ill smell.]Mean; base; worthless.

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PUTIDNESS

PU'TIDNESS, noun Meanness; vileness.

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PUTLOG

PUT'LOG, noun A short piece of timber used in scaffolds.

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PUTREDINOUS

PUTRED'INOUS, adjective [from Latin putredo, from putreo, putris.]Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell.

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PUTREFACTION

PUTREFAC'TION, noun [Latin putrefactio; putris; putrid, and facio, to make.] A natural process by which animal and vegetable bodies are disorganized and dissolved, or reduced to...