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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pū'pil, n. p. 1062(Anat.) The apple of the eye; the small opening in the iris through which the rays of light pass to the retina. See IRIS. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract…Pŭ'pil, n. p. 1062A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor. “Too far in years to be a pupil now.” Shak. Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils. L’Estrange. 2. A youth or…Pŭ'pil-age, n. p. 1062The state of being a pupil. As sons of kings, loving in pupilage, Have turned to tyrants when they came to power. Tennyson.Pū′pil-lār′i-ty, n. p. 1062(Scots Law.) The period of minority, from the birth to the age of fourteen in males, and twelve in females; pupilage.Pū'pil-la-ry, a. p. 1062Pertaining to a pupil or ward. Johnson. 2. (Anat.) Of, or pertaining to, the pupil of the eye.Pŭ-pĭp'a-rā, n. pl. p. 1062(Entom.) Animals whose eggs are hatched in the matrix of the mother, and not excluded till they become pupes.Pu-pip’a-roŭs, a. p. 1062(Entom.) Pertaining, or belonging to the Pupipara; passing to the pupa or perfect state.Pu-pīv'o-roŭs, a. p. 1062Feeding on the pupæ of insects.Pŭp'pet, n. p. 1062A small image in the human form; a doll. 2. A similar figure moved by a wire in a mock drama; a wooden performer of a play. As the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance. Pope. 3.…Pŭp'pet-ĭsh, a. p. 1062Resembling, or of the nature of, a puppet.Pŭp'pet-măn, n. p. 1062The master of a puppet-Pāp'pet-māst'er p. 1062showPŭp'pet-plāy, n. p. 1062A puppet-show.Päp'pet-plāy'er, n. p. 1062One who manages the motions of puppets.Pŭp'pet-ry, n. p. 1062Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet; hence, mere form or show; affectation. “Puppetry of the English laws of divorce.” Chambers.Pāp'pet-shōw, n. p. 1062A mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires.Pŭp'pet-vălve, n. p. 1062(Mech.) A disk like a pot-lid, attached to a stem, and used in steam-engines, &c., to cover and uncover an opening. The two puppet-valves A are attached and lifted by the common valve-stem B from off…Pŭp'py, n. p. 1062The young progeny of a bitch, or female of the canine species; a whelp. 2. One who has so little self-respect as to fawn and cringe upon others; a person contemptible from insignificance and conceit.…Pŭp'py, v. i. p. 1062To bring forth whelps; to pup.Pŭp'py-ĭsm, n. p. 1062Extreme meanness, affectation, or conceit. Chalmers.Pûr, v. i. p. 1062To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat.Pûr, v. t. p. 1062To signify or express by purring. Gray.Pûr, n. p. 1062The low, murmuring, continued sound of a cat; a kind of growl, expressive of contentment or pleasure. [Written also purr.]Pû-rä'nä, n. p. 1062One of a class of sacred poetical works in the Hindoo language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the…Pu-rān'ic, a. p. 1062Pertaining to the Puranas.Pûr'beck Bēds p. 1062The strata of the Purbeck stone or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Wealden group.Pār'beck Stōne p. 1062A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck, in England.Pûr'blīnd, a. p. 1062Near sighted or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblind and sand-blind. Latimer.Pûr'blīnd-ly, adv. p. 1062In a purblind manner. Scott.Pûr'blīnd-ness, n. p. 1062The quality or state of being purblind; shortness of sight; near-sightedness; dimness of vision.Pûr'chas-a-ble, a. p. 1062Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration. Money being the counterbalance to all things purchasable by it, as much as you take off from the value of money, so much you add…Pār'chase, v. t. p. 1062To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. “That loves the thing he can not purchase.” Spencer. 2. To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy; as, to purchase…Pār'chase, v. i. p. 1062To put forth effort to obtain any thing; to strive. [Obs.] Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage. Berners. 2. To acquire wealth. [Obs.]…Pār'chase, n. p. 1062The act of seeking and acquiring property. 2. The acquisition of title to, or property in, any thing for a price or equivalent; buying. It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance.…Pûr'chas-er, n. p. 1063One who acquires property for a consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee. 2. (Law.) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by…Pār'con, n. p. 1063A priest among the Oriental fire-worshipers. Bryant.Pūre, a. p. 1063Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; clear; free from mixture; as, pure water; pure clay; pure sand; pure air; pure silver or gold. A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.…Pūre, v. t. p. 1063To purify; to cleanse. [Obs.] Chaucer.Purée, n. p. 1063A soup made of peas, &c., or other leguminous plants.Pūre'ly, adv. p. 1063In a pure manner; without any mixture of that which is foreign, hurtful, vitiating, or defiling; innocently; genuinely; guilelessly; chastely. 2. Without connection with, or dependence upon, any…Pūre'ness, n. p. 1063The state of being pure; an unmixed state; separation or freedom from any heterogeneous or foreign matter, especially from that which might injure, vitiate, or pollute; clearness; simplicity; purity…Pār'file, n. p. 1063A sort of ancient trimming for women’s gowns, made of tinsel and thread;—called also bobbin-work. [Obs.] Bailey.Pūr'fle, v. t. p. 1063To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; as, to purfle with blue and white. [Obs.] A goodly lady clad in scarlet red, Purfled with gold and pearl of rich assay. Spencer. 2.…Pūr'fle p. 1063Pur'flew, n. p. 1063A border of embroidered work. 2. (Her.) A border composed of ermines, furs, and the like.Pūr'ga-ment, n. p. 1063(Med.) A medicine which purges; a cathartic; a purgative. (Obs.) Bacon. 2. That which is excreted from any thing; excretion. (Obs.)Pur-gā'tion, n. p. 1063The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or purifying by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; often, the act of cleansing from the imputation of guilt. Let…Pūr'ga-tive, a. p. 1063Having the power of purging or cleansing; cathartic.Pūr'ga-tive, n. p. 1063(Med.) A medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.Pûr'ga-tive-ly, adv. p. 1063Cleansingly; cathartically.Pūr'ga-tō'ri-al or Pūr'ga-tō'ri-an, a. p. 1063Pertaining to purgatory.Pūr'ga-tō'ri-an, n. p. 1063One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.Pūr'ga-to-ry, a. p. 1063Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory. Burke.Pūr'ga-to-ry, n. p. 1063(Rom. Cath. Church.) A place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified, or in which they expiate such offenses committed in this life as do not merit…Pūrge, v. t. p. 1063To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. “Till fire purge all things new.” Milton. 2. To operate on as, or by means of…Pūrge, v. i. p. 1063To become pure, as by clarification. 2. To have frequent or preternatural evacuations from the intestines, by means of a cathartic.Pūr'ge, n. p. 1063The act of purging. “And first, of the preparative for the purge of paganism out of the kingdoms of Northumberland.” Fuller. 2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the…Pūr'ger, n. p. 1063One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.Pūr'ger-y, n. p. 1063A room for bleaching or refining sugar.Pūr'ging, n. p. 1063A diarrhea or dysentery; preternatural evacuation of the intestines; looseness of bowels.