Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PUIS-NE, a. [pu'ny; Fr. puis, since, afterward, and né, born.]

1. In law, younger or inferior in rank; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the court of common pleas; the puisne barons of the court of exchequer. – Blackstone.
2. Later in date. [Not used.] – Hale.