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Show i, nof. [pulvillum, Latin.] Swee fcents The toilette, nurfery of charms y's arms uu ‘b gh br wi h' ni fu te pl Co YigrPhie patch, the powder-box, pulwvil, perfumes. Gay ‘%, PuLvii. @. 4. [from the noun. N To fprinkle with perfumes in powder '{?t"‘f)tlll-)n an Have you pu."q)i,'fn! the foachma ve gr Co bl ft th o n ft no ma the \th Ny'MICE. #. o [ pumex, pumicis, Latp;. The pumice is evi(.{ently a flag or cinder of fom ":'--fo[fi], originally bearin x'cduced‘ t another .torm this ftate by fire : itis a lax and‘ipung).' matter ful Nof little pore 2 ca\?iticg an o whitith paie grey colour: the pumice is found particularly abou " Suihe burning mountains Hill's Materia Medica So long I fhot, that all was fpent {4 Though pumice ftones I haftily hent S‘,‘) enjer tyAnd threw; but nought availed Etna and Vefuvius, which confift upon fulphur fhoot forth fmoke, athes, and pumice, but no water {1 Bacon i Near the Lucrine lake |47 4y Steams of fulphur raife a fifling heat & inpeAnd through the pores of the warm pumice fweat Addifon See PomMEL 7, / 'MMEL oy JMP. #.[ [ pompe, Duwh and French. int An engine by which water is drawn u tom wells: its operation is performe by the preflure of the air wiiv A pum rou pou In th Athenzu grown dry will yield no water, unlef More a little water into it firft framing that great {hip built by Hiero mentions this inftrument as being in by the help of which one mma ‘tead. ofa pump , wmight eafily drain out the waicr, though very deep Wilkins's D&dalus Pumps may be made fingle with a common pum dandle, for one man to work them, or double fo o Mortimer A thoe with a thin fole and low heel Jet Get good. firings to your beads, new ribbons t s your pumps Shakfpeare ~; Follow me this jeft, now, till thou haft wor out thy pump, that when the fingle fole of it i Shakefpeare worn, the jeft may remain fingular . Thaliy's ivy fhews her prerogative over comica 1 "7 poefys her mafk, mantle, and pumps are ornament belonging to the ftage Peacham The water and fwea 50/ Splih fplath in their pumps Sawift's Mifcellanies o Pume v, n. [pompen Dutch. T [ work 2 pump; to throw out water by pump The folly of ! wh pump very laborioufl 1 a fhip, yet ngglects to ftop the. leale Decay of Picty ZPUMP U a. To raife or throw out as by means of ¢ pump ' Not finding fufficient room, it breaks a vefltl t force jts paffage, and ruthing through a large hafm, overflows the cavitics about it with a delu'gc? which is pumped up and emptied. Blackmore »* To examine artfully by fly interroga s tonies, 0 as to draw out any fecrets o concealments The one's the leatned knight, feek out ¢ And pump them what they come about. Hudibras . Afk him what pafle , Amongft his brethren, he'll hide nothing from you ' ,u,tP"mP not me for politicks. Otway's Venice Pref UMEPER. 7. /. [from puamp. T p ron or the inflrument that pumps fimflh:}-lefiam?\lafted about two minutes BU'M P‘Y‘FIPCI‘ began to d{aw out air We""(':{a flhf [zepo. A plant from th Boyle Miller - i to o € this grofs watry. pumpion, and teac low turtles from jays Shakefpeare 1EeN #./. [I k> now not whence this' wor PU PU is to be deduced : ‘to pu, is to grind o behaviour beat with a peftle 5 can pnn mean a empty found, like that of a morta beaten, as clench, the cld word for pun than it ca be tranflated 7o Pun. v. z. [from the noun. T quibble; to ufe the fame word at onc in different fenfes Th Wh amon hand and head were never loft of thof man | Puncri'Lious When I was mortal, my anointed bod By thee was punched full of deadly holes. Shakefp By reafon of its conftitution it continued open as I have feen a hole punched in leather. W ifeman Your work will fometimes require to have hole punched in it at the forge; you muft then make fteel punch an harde the point of it withou tempering Pu'xcro which Th fhan becauf th of a key the punc than i no cannot ftrike forge wit fubftanc fufficient; but the drill cuts a true round hole Moxon's Mechanical Exercifes 2. A liquor mad by 'mixing fpirit wit water, fugar, and the juice of lemons and formerly with fpice Puynch is an Indian word exprefling the numbe of ingredients Fryer's Trawels The Weft India dry gripes are occafioned by lim juice in punch No brute can endur Arbuthnot on Aliments the tafte of ftrong liquor and confequently it is againft all the rules of hieroglyph to affign thofe animals as pattons of punch Saift 3. [Puncinells, Ttalian. 'The buffoon o harlequin of the puppet-fhow Of raveethows he fung and punch's feats Gay 4+ Panch is a hovfe that is well fet an well knit, having a fhort back and thi thoulders wit a broad neck, and wel lined with flefh Earrier's Difz 5. [Pumilio obefus, Latin. In contemp or ridicale, a fhort fat fellow Pu'ncuEon. #.fi [ poingon, French. 1. Aninftrument driven {0 as to make hole or impreflion He granted liberty of coining to certain cities an abbies, allowing them one flaple and two purnchevn at a rate Camden 2. A meafure of liquids Pu'~cHER, 7. /. [from punch.] . An inftrument that makes an impreflion o hole I the upper ja arv cifors or cutters, but thic PUNCTILIO five teeth before chers not Grew #./. A {mall nicery o un. [ punto, Spanifh. The final conqueft of Granada from the Moors king Ferdinand difplaye in his lette s, with al religiou pu élos and cere the particula an monies that were obferve city and kingdom in the reception of tha Bacon's Henry VII 2. The point in fencing Vat be all you come for -To fee thee here, to fee thee there, to fee the pafs thy puncto. Shakefp. Merry Wives of Wi dfor PU/NETUAL, adj. [ punctuel, French. 1. Comprife point in a point confitting in' This earth a fpot, a grain An atom with the firmament compar'd And all her number'd ftars drive by a blow, perforates bodies; it i often ufed of an infirument which being hollow cuts out a piece to fuperfhition 1. Nice point of ceremony 2./. [from the verb. infirament punétua puniilio Puncri‘Liousness. z. /. [from puncilious.] Nicety; exaltnels of behaviour Moxon 1. A pointe [fro Some depend on a punéZilious obfervance o divine laws, which they hope wil | 1 atone fo habitual tranfgreffion of the reft. Roger R DEFrNIoNs The fly may, with the hollow and fharp tube o her womb, punch and perforate the fkin of th eruca, and caft her eggs into her body Ray PuncHu the punctilios of a public adj Nice; exaét if you could pu Tatler 70 PUNCH. w. a. [poingonner, Fr. T bore or perforate by driving a fharp inftrument upo io is out of doors, the moment a daught clandeftinely quits her father's houfe Clarif dealt in doggrel, or who pun'd in profe. Dry You would be a bette like Sir Triftram ~ the great Addifon Addifon But fill their purfe, our poets work is done Alike to them by pathos, or by pun Pope of exaftnefs ings Kettlewvel Common people are much aftonithed, when the hear of thofe folemn conteft which are mad but the figure that appear on ‘the medal: cuniculus may ftand for a rabbi or a mine, but the piture of a rabbit is not th pi€ture of a mine: a gun can be no more engraven poin If their caufe is bad, they ufe delays to tire.ou their adverfaries, they feign pleas tc gain time fo themfelves, and infitt on punétilios in h oceed feems only a corruption of c/ink?] A equivocation; a quibble; an expreffio where a word has at once different meanings It is not the word a nic 2 that feem to row Spaces incomprehenfible; for fuc Their diftance argues, and their {wift retur Diurnal, merely to officiate ligh Round this opacous earth, this punéual fpot. Milt Exaé ; nice punétilious A gentleman punéfual of his word, when he ha heard that two had agreed upon a meeting, an the one negleéted his hour, would fay of him, h is a young man then Bacon This miftake to avoid, we muft obferve th punéiual differences of time, and fo diftinguif thereof, as not to confound or lofe the other Brown's Vulga Tha th wome are menftruent an pubefcent at the year of twice feven a punétual truth the me is accounte Brown He was punéfual and juft in all his dealings Atterbury The correfpondence of the death and fuffering of our Lord is fo punéfual and exaét, that they fee rather like a hiftory of event phecy of fuch as were to come paft, tha a proRogers Puxcrua'vity. #n. /. [from pundual. Nicety; fecrupulous exatnefs For the encouragemen of thof "tha fhould ferve other princes with that Sophronio had done, he comm him a blank, wherein h m own conditions His memory was ferviceabl faithful to th retaining the contextur words Though fome and puz much conduce to fhew the infinite c might be no adv [fro fcrupulo uf t a 11 al fo conceiv wa ho o |
