Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PU'NY, n.

A young inexperienced person; a novice. – South.

PUP, n.

A puppy.

PUP, v.i. [This word appears to be radically the same as the L. pupa, Eng. babe, W. pob, the root of populus.]

To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.

PU'PA, n. [L. supra.]

In natural history, an insect in the third state of its existence, or in other words, the last state but one, that state in which it resembles an infant in swaddling clothes. As some insects in this state have a bright exterior, as if gilded, it has been called chrysalis or aurelia, from the Gr. χρυσος, and L. aurum, gold; but as this gilded appearance belongs to few insects, the term pupa is now more generally used. In this state most insects take no food, are incapable of locomotion, and, if opened, seem filled with a watery fluid, in which no distinct organs can be traced.

PU'PIL, n.¹ [L. pupilla, dim. of pupa, pupus. See Pup.]

The apple of the eye; a little aperture in the middle of the iris and uvea of the eye, through which the rays of light pass to the crystaline humor, to be painted on the retina. – Encyc.

PU'PIL, n.² [Fr. pupille; L. pupillus, dim. of pupa, pupus. See Pup.]

1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor. – Locke.
2. A ward; a youth or person under the care of a guardian. – Dryden.
3. In the civil law, a boy or girl under the age of puberty, that is, under 14 if a male, and under 12 if a female. – Encyc.

PU'PIL-AGE, n.

1. The state of being a scholar, or under the care of an instructor for education and discipline. – Locke.
2. Wardship; minority. Spenser. In this latter sense the Scots use Pupilarity. – Beattie.

PU'PIL-A-RY, a. [Fr. pupillaire; L. pupillaris.]

Pertaining to a pupil or ward. – Johnson.

PU-PIP'A-RA, n. [L. pupus and pario.]

Animals whose eggs are hatched in the matrix of the mother, and not excluded till they become pupes. – Kirby.

PU-PIP'A-ROUS, a.

Pertaining to the Pupipara; producing a pupa.

PU-PIV'O-ROUS, a. [pupa and L. voro.]

Feeding on the pupes of insects. – S. L. Mitchill.

PUP'PET, n. [Fr. poupée; L. pupus. See Pup.]

1. A small image in the human form, moved by a wire in a mock drama; a wooden tragedian. – Pope.
2. A doll.
3. A word of contempt. – Shak.

PUP'PET-MAN, or PUP'PET-MAS'TER, n.

The master of a puppet-show. – Swift.

PUP'PET-PLAY'ER, n.

One that manages the motions of puppets. – Hales.

PUP'PET-RY, n.

Affectation. – Marston.

PUP'PET-SHOW, n.

A mock drama performed by wooden images moved by wires. – Swift. Pope.

PUP'PY, n. [See Pup.]

1. A whelp; the young progeny of a bitch or female of the canine species.
2. Applied to persons, a name expressing extreme contempt. – Addison.

PUP'PY, v.t.

To bring forth whelps.

PUP'PY-ISM, n.

1. Extreme meanness.
2. Extreme affectation. – Chalmers.

PUR, n.

The low murmuring continued sound of a cat.

PUR, v.i.

To utter a low murmuring continued sound, as a cat.

PUR, v.t.

To signify by purring. – Gray.

PU-RA'NA, a.

Among the Hindoos, a sacred poem or book. – Asiat. Res.

PU-RAN'IC, a.

Pertaining to the sacred poems of the Hindoos. – Asiat. Res.

PUR-BECK-STONE, n.

A sort of marble, the cement of which is calcarious.