Webster's Dictionary 1913

9478

Puckfist

Puck″fist′ (?), n. A puffball.

9479

Puckish

Puck″ish, a. [From Puck.] Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. “Puckish freaks.” J. R. Green.

9480

Pucras

Pu″cras (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Koklass.

9481

Pud

Pud (?), n. Same as Pood.

9482

Pud (2)

Pud (?), n. The hand; the first. Lamb.

9483

Puddening

Pud″den‐ing (?), n. [Probably fr. pudden, for pudding, in allusion to its softness.] (Naut.) (a) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat....

9484

Pudder

Pud″der (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Puddered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Puddering.] [Cf. Pother.] To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.Pudd...

9485

Pudder (2)

Pud″der, v. t. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. Locke.

9486

Pudder (3)

Pud″der, n. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. “All in a pudder.” Milton.

9487

Pudding

Pud″ding (?), n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L. botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan. podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, pot...

9488

Pudding fish

{ Pud″ding fish, Pudding wife }. [Prob. corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zoöl.) A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish (Iridio, syn. Plat...

9489

Pudding-headed

Pud″ding–head′ed (?), a. Stupid.

9490

Puddle

Pud″dle (?), n. [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool.] 1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. Spenser.2. Clay, or a mixture of cla...

9491

Puddle (2)

Pud″dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Puddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Puddling (?).] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).Some unhatched practice...Hath pu...

9492

Puddle (3)

Pud″dle, v. i. To make a dirty stir. R. Junius.

9493

Puddle-ball

Pud″dle–ball′ (?), n. The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.

9494

Puddle-bar

Pud″dle–bar″ (?), n. An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.

9495

Puddler

Pud″dler (?), n. One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.

9496

Puddling

Pud″dling (?), n. 1. (Hydraul. Engin.) (a) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process...

9497

Puddly

Pud″dly (?), a. Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul. “Thick puddly water.” Carew.

9498

Puddock

Pud″dock (?), n. [For paddock, or parrock, a park.] A small inclosure. [Written also purrock.]

9499

Pudency

Pu″den‐cy (?), n. [L. pudens, p. pr. of pudere to be ashamed.] Modesty; shamefacedness. “A pudency so rosy.” Shak.

9500

Pudenda

‖Pu‐den″da (?), n. pl. [L., from pudendus that of which one ought to be ashamed, fr. pudere to be ashamed.] (Anat.) The external organs of generation.

9501

Pudendal

Pu‐den″dal (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.

9502

Pudendum

‖Pu‐den″dum (?), n. [NL. See Pudenda.] (Anat.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.

9503

Pudgy

Pudg″y (?), a. Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand. Thackeray.

9504

Pudic

Pu″dic (?), a. [L. pudicus modest, fr. pudere to be ashamed: cf. F. pudique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation.