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PU'ISSANCE, n. [L. posse, possum, potes, potest.] Power; strength; might; force.
PUISNE, a. pu'ny. 1. In law, younger or inferior in rank; as a chief justice and...
PUGNAC'ITY, n. Inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness. [Little used.]
PUGNA'CIOUS, a. [L. pugnax, from pugna, a fight; from pugnus, the fist. See Pugi...
PUGILIS'TIC, a. Pertaining to boxing or fighting with the fist.
PU'GILIST, n. A boxer; one who fights with his fists.
PU'GILISM, n. [L. pugil, a champion or prize-fighter, from the Gr. id.; the fist...
PU'GIL, n. [L. pugillum, from the root of pugnus, the fist; probably coinciding ...
PUGH, exclam. A word used in contempt or disdain.
PUGGERED, for puckered, is not in use.
PUG, n. The name given to a little animal treated with familiarity, as a monkey,...
PUFF'Y, a. Swelled with air or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; as ...
PUFF'INGLY, adv. Tumidly; with swell. 1. With vehement breathing or shortness of...
PUFF'ING, ppr. Driving out the breath with a single, sudden blast; blowing up; i...
PUFF'IN-APPLE, n. A sort of apple so called.
PUFF'IN, n. A water fowl of the genus Alca or auk. 1. A kind of fish. 2. A kind ...