Puffingly
Puff″ing‐ly, adv. In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.
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Puffy
Puff″y (?), a. 1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. “ A very stout, puffy man.” Thackeray.2. Hence, inflated...
Pug
Pug (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pugging.] [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.2. To fill or stop ...
Pug (2)
Pug, n. 1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.2. A pug mill.Pug mill, a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for brickmaking or the fine a...
Pug (3)
Pug, n. [Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck.] 1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. B. Jonson.2. A name for a monkey. Addison.3. A name for a fox. C. Kingsley.4. An intimate; ...
Pug (4)
‖Pug (?), n. [Hind. pag foot.] A footprint; a track; as of a boar.
Pug nose
Pug″ nose′ (?). A short, thick nose; a snubnose. — Pug″–nosed′ (#), a.Pug-nose eel(Zoöl.), a deep-water marine eel (Simenchelys parasiticus) which sometimes burrows into the fle...
Pug-faced
Pug″–faced′ (?), a. Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.
Puggaree
Pug″ga‐ree (?), n. Same as Puggry.
Pugger
Pug″ger (?), v. t. To pucker.
Puggered
Pug″gered (?), a. Puckered. Dr. H. More.
Pugging
Pug″ging (?), n. [See Pug, v. t.] 1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.2. (Arch.) M...
Pugging (2)
Pug″ging, a. Thieving. Shak.
Puggry
{ Pug″gry (?), Pug″gree (?) }, n. [Written also puggaree, puggeree, etc.] [Hind. pagṛi turban.] A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun. Yule...
Pugh
Pugh (?), interj. Pshaw! pish! — a word used in contempt or disdain.
Pugil
Pu″gil (?), n. [L. pugillus, pugillum, a handful, akin to pugnus the fist.] As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers. Bacon.
Pugilism
Pu″gil‐ism (?), n. [L. pugil a pugilist, boxer, akin to pugnus the fist. Cf. Pugnacious, Fist.] The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.
Pugilist
Pu″gil‐ist, n. [L. pugil.] One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
Pugilistic
Pu′gil‐is″tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to pugillism.
Pugnacious
Pug‐na″cious (?), a. [L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist.] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. —Pug‐na″cious‐ly, adv. — Pug‐n...
Pugnacity
Pug‐nac″i‐ty (?), n. [L. pugnacitas: cf. F. pugnacité.] Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. “ A national pugnacity of character.” Motley.
Puh
Puh (?), interj. The same as Pugh.
Puisne
Puis″ne (pū″ny̆), a. [See Puny.] 1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. “ A puisne date to eternity.” Sir M. Hale.2. Puny; petty; unskilled.3. (Law) Younger or inferior in ran...
Puisne (2)
Puis″ne, n. One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.It were not a work for puisnes and novices. Bp. Hall.
Puisny
Puis″ny (?), a. Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled.A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side. Shak.
Puissance
Pu″is‐sance, n. [F., fr. puissant. See Puissant, and cf. Potency, Potance, Potence.] Power; strength; might; force; potency. “ Youths of puissance.” Tennyson.The power and puiss...
Puissant
Pu″is‐sant (?), a. [F., originally, a p. pr. formed fr. L. posse to be able: cf. L. potens powerful. See Potent.] Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or em...