Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Put (6)

Put (?), n. 1. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball. “A forced put.” L'Estrange.2. A certain game at cards. Young.3. A privilege wh...

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Put (7)

Put (?), n. [OF. pute.] A prostitute.

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Put-off

Put″–off′ (?; 115), n. A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. L'Estrange.

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Put-up

Put″–up (?), a. Arranged; plotted; — in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.

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Putage

Pu″tage (?; 48), n. [OF. putage.] Prostitution or fornication on the part of a woman.

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Putamen

‖Pu‐ta″men (?), n.(Bot.) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See Endocarp.

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Putanism

Pu″tan‐ism (?), n. [F. putanisme, fr. putain harlot.] Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry.

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Putative

Pu″ta‐tive (?), a. [L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute.] Commonly thought or dee...

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Putchuck

Put‐chuck″ (?), n.(Bot.) Same as Pachak.

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Puteal

‖Pu″te‐al (?), n. [L., fr. puteus well.] (Arch.) An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb. Weale.

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Puteli

‖Put″e‐li (?), n. Same as Patela.

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Putery

Pu″ter‐y, n. [OF. puterie.] Putage.

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Putid

Pu″tid (?), a. [L. putidus: cf. F. putide. Cf. Putrid.] Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor. “Thy putid muse.” Dr. H. More.

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Putidity

{ Pu‐tid″i‐ty (?), Pu″tid‐ness (?), } n. The quality or state of being putrid.

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Putlog

Put″log′ (?; 277), n.(Arch.) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, — one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and...

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Putour

Pu″tour (?), n. [See Put a prostitute.] A keeper of a brothel; a procurer. Chaucer.

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Putredinous

Pu‐tred″i‐nous (?), a. [L. putredo rottenness, fr. putrere to be rotten. See Putrid.] Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive...

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Putrefaction

Pu′tre‐fac″tion (?), n. [L. putrefactio: cf. F. putréfaction. See Putrefy.] 1. The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.☞ Putrefac...

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Putrefactive

Pu′tre‐fac″tive (?), a. [Cf. putréfactif. See Putrefy.] 1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Wiseman.2. Causing, or tending to promote, pu...

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Putrefy

Pu″tre‐fy (?), v. t. [Written also putrify.] [imp. & p. p.Putrefied (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Putrefying (�).] [F. putréfier; L. putrere to be rotten + -ficare (in. comp.) to make; cf...

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Putrefy (2)

Pu″tre‐fy, v. i. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa. 1. 6.

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Putresce

Pu‐tresce″ (?), v. i. [See Putrescent.] To become putrescent or putrid; to putrefy.Ordinarily sewage does not putresce until from twenty-four to sixty hours after its discharge....

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Putrescence

Pu‐tres″cence (?), n. The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.

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Putrescent

Pu‐tres″cent (?), a. [L. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See Putrid.] 1. Becoming putrid or rotten.Externally powerful, altho...

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Putrescible

Pu‐tres″ci‐ble (?), a. Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.

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Putrescible (2)

Pu‐tres″ci‐ble, n. A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.

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Putrescin

Pu‐tres″cin (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.