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. [Obs.] 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*na"cious*ness, n.
Pugnacity
(Pug*nac"i*ty) n. [L. pugnacitas: cf. F. pugnacité.] Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness.
" A national pugnacity of character." Motley.
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 flesh of the halibut.
Puh
(Puh) interj. The same as Pugh.
Puisne
(Puis"ne) a. [See Puny.]
1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. [Obs.] " A puisne date to eternity." Sir M. Hale.
2. Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]
3. (Law) Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the
Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer. Blackstone.
Puisne
(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. [R.]
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 puissance of the king.
Shak. In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.
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 empire. " Puissant deeds." Milton.
Of puissant nations which the world possessed.
Spenser.
And worldlings in it are less merciful,
And more puissant.
Mrs. Browning. Puissantly
(Pu"is*sant*ly), adv. In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength.
