Puncturation to Puppy
Puncturation
(Punc`tu*ra"tion) n. The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.
Puncture
(Punc"ture) n. [L. punctura, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See Pungent.]
1. The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.
2. A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.
A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.
Rambler. Puncture
(Punc"ture), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punctured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Puncturing.] To pierce with a
small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.
Punctured
(Punc"tured) a.
1. Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
2. (Med.) Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture; as, a punctured wound.
Pundit
(Pun"dit) n. [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.] A learned man; a teacher; esp., a
Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere,
any clerk or native official. [Written also pandit.] [India]
Pundle
(Pun"dle) n. [Cf. Bundle.] A short and fat woman; a squab. [Obs.]
Punese
(Pu"nese) n. [F. punaise, fr. punais stinking, fr. L. putere.] (Zoöl.) A bedbug. [R or Obs.]
Pung
(Pung) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong
box on runners. [U.S.]
Sledges or pungs, coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmounted with a large crockery crate.
Judd.
They did not take out the pungs to- day.
E. E. Hale. Pungence
(Pun"gence) n. [See Pungent.] Pungency.
Pungency
(Pun"gen*cy) n. The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as,
the pungency of ammonia. "The pungency of menaces." Hammond.
Pungent
(Pun"gent) a. [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. Compunction,
Expunge, Poignant, Point, n., Puncheon, Punctilio, Punt, v. t.]
1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
Pungent radish biting infant's tongue.
Shenstone.
The pungent grains of titillating dust.
Pope. 2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
With pungent pains on every side.
Swift.
His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation.
J. R. Green. 3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Syn. — Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging.
