Webster's Dictionary 1913

9694

Pun (2)

Pun, n. [Cf. Pun to pound, Pound to beat.] A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present ...

9695

Pun (3)

Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Punned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Punning.] To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play...

9696

Pun (4)

Pun, v. t. To persuade or affect by a pun. Addison.

9697

Puna

‖Pu″na (?), n. A cold arid table-land, as in the Andes of Peru.

9698

Punch

Punch (?), n. [Hind. pānch five, Skr. pa�can. So called because composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See Five.] A beverage composed ...

9699

Punch (2)

Punch, n. [Abbrev, fr. punchinello.] The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.Punch and Judy, a puppet show in which a comical little hunchbacked Punch, with a large nose, enga...

9700

Punch (3)

Punch (?), n. [Prov. E. Cf. Punchy.] 1. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.I... did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being b...

9701

Punch (4)

Punch, v. t. [OE. punchen, perhaps the same word as E. punish: or cf. E. bunch.] To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.

9702

Punch (5)

Punch, n. A thrust or blow.

9703

Punch (6)

Punch, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metalli...

9704

Punch (7)

Punch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Punched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Punching.] [From Punch, n., a tool; cf. F. poinçonner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as...

9705

Puncheon

Punch″eon (?), n. [F. poinçon awl, bodkin, crown, king-post, fr. L. punctio a pricking, fr. pungere to prick. See Pungent, and cf. Punch a tool, Punction.]1. A figured stamp, di...

9706

Puncher

Punch″er (?), n. One who, or that which, punches.

9707

Punchin

Pun″chin (?), n. See Puncheon.

9708

Punchinello

Pun′chi‐nel″lo (?), n. [It. pulcinella, probably originally a word of endearment, dim. of pulcina, pulcino, a chicken, from L. pullicenus, pullus. See Pullet.] A punch; a buffoo...

9709

Punchy

Punch″y (?), a. [Perhaps for paunchy, from paunch. See 3d Punch.] Short and thick, or fat.

9710

Punctated

{ Punc″ta‐ted (?), Punc″ta‐ted (?), } a. [From L. punctum point. See Point.] 1. Pointed; ending in a point or points.2. (Nat. Hist.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with mi...

9711

Punctator

Punc‐ta″tor (?), n. One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; — applied to a Masorite. E. Robinson.

9712

Puncticular

Punc‐tic″u‐lar (?), a. Comprised in, or like, a point; exact. Sir T. Browne.

9713

Punctiform

Punc″ti‐form (?), a. [L. punctum point + -form.] Having the form of a point.

9714

Punctilio

Punc‐til″io (pŭṉk‐tĭl″yō̍), n.; pl.Punctilios (–yōz). [It. puntiglio, or Sp. puntillo, dim. fr. L. punctum point. See Point, n.] A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, ...

9715

Punctilious

Punc‐til″ious (–yŭs), a. [Cf. It. puntiglioso, Sp. puntilloso.] Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; e...

9716

Punction

Punc″tion (?), n. [L. punctio, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick: cf. F. ponction. Cf. Puncheon.] A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.

9717

Punctist

Punc″tist (?), n. A punctator. E. Henderson.

9718

Puncto

Punc″to (?), n. [See Punto.] 1. A nice point of form or ceremony. Bacon.2. A term applied to the point in fencing. Farrow.

9719

Punctual

Punc″tu‐al (?), a. [F. ponctuel (cf. Sp. puntual, It. puntuale), from L. punctum point. See Point.] 1. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended. “This punctual spot...

9720

Punctualist

Punc″tu‐al‐ist (?), n. One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies. Milton.