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PUZ'ZLE, v.t. [from the root of pose, which see.] 1. To perplex; to embarrass; t...
PUT'TY, n. A kind of paste or cement compounded of whiting and linseed oil, beat...
PUT'TOC, n. A kite.shrouds, probably a mistake for futtoc-shrouds.
PUT'TING-STONE, n. In Scotland, a stone laid at the gates of great houses for tr...
PUT'TING, ppr. [from put.] Setting; placing; laying.
PUT'TER-ON, n. An inciter or instigator.
PUT'TER, n. [from put.] One who puts or places.
PU'TRIDNESS PU'TRY, a. Rotten. [Not used.]
PUTRID'ITY, n. The state of being putrid; corruption.
PU'TRID, a. [L.putridus, from putris, putreo.] 1. In a state of dissolution or d...
PUTRES'CIBLE, a. That may be putrefied; liable to become putrid; as putrescible ...
PUTRES'CENT, a. Becoming putrid; passing from an organized state into the consti...
PUTRES'CENCE, n. [from L. putrescens, putresco.] The state of dissolving, as an ...
PU'TREFY, v.t. [L. putrefacio; putris,putrid, and facio, to make.] 1. To cause t...
PU'TREFIED, pp. Dissolved; rotten.
PUTREFAC'TIVE, a. Pertaining to putrefaction; as the putrefactive smell or proce...