puffin 
'/<". which abounds on both coasts of the North Atlantic, 
nesting in holes in the ground, it is about 12 inches long, 
of a blackish color above, white below, with it black collar 
and (pray face; the bill is very curious bright-red, Mnr, 
and yellow, extremely high, narrow, and furrowed ; the 
feet are small, placed far hack, red ; the eyelids are ca- 
runcnlate ; the wings and tail are short. The bird flies 
swiftly and dives well. The whole homy covering of the 
liruk and the caruncles of the eyelids ore regularly molted. 
>'. fflacialis and /'. crn-niatlata are closely related ; the lat- 
ter has the Ileshy process of the eyelid elongated into a 
Head of Tufted Puffin ' l.ttuda ffrrata). 
horn, l.ii n, In cirrata is the tufted puffin, quite different, 
inhabiting the North Pacific, with u long tuft of yellow 
plumes on each side of the head, the coloration mostly 
blackish, with white face, and the beak peculiar in shape. 
What shall we do with this same puffin here, 
Now he 's on the spit? K. Jmunn, Alchemist, ill. >. 
2. A kind of fungus; a fuzzball; a puffball. 
Crested puffin, the tufted puffin. Manx pufflnt, or 
puffin of the Isle of Mant, the manx shearwater, /"i/jft- 
nus tut'itufinn. WiUughby, 
puffin-applet, A variety of apple. Ji.Jon.inn. 
Puffinea (pu-fin'e-e), n.pt. [NL., < I'liffiiiux + 
-ex.] A division of 1'rocelhrriiiiee, represented 
by the genus 1'uffinus in a broad sense ; the 
shearwaters. 
puffiness (puf'i-nes), . A puffy or turgid char- 
acter or state. 
Some of Voltaire's pieces are so swelled with this JUT 
sumptuous jntjfineait that I was forced into abatements of 
the disposition I once felt to look upon hint us it generous 
thinker. A. Hill. 
puffing (puf'ing), . [Verbal n. of puff, r.] 1. 
The practice of writing or publishing puffs, or 
uncritical or venal praises of another person's 
productions or wares. 
Ptifinii is of various sorts: the principal are the puff 
direct, the pnlf preliminary, the putf collateral, the pnff 
collusive, and the pulf oblique, or pnff by implication. 
These all assume, as circumstances require, the various 
forms of letter to the editor, occasional anecdote, impar- 
tial critique, observation from correspondent, or adver- 
tisement from the party. Sheridan, Critic, i. 2. 
2. In costume, one or more ridges or ribs in- 
tended for ornament; ornamentation by means 
of such ridges. Bee puffed, 3. In giisteromy- 
cetons fungi, the sudden discharging of a cloud 
of spores. See puffbnll. 
puffing-adder (j>uf ing-ad"er), n. A hog-nosed 
snake or blowing viper; any one of several 
species of the genus Heterodox (which see). 
They are ugly snakes of threatening aspect, 
but quite harmless. [Local, U. 8.] 
puffingly (puf 'ing-li), nilr. In a puffing manner. 
puffing-pig (puf'ing-pig), ii. A porpoise: so 
called from its blowing or puffing as it conies 
to the surface of the water. 
Puffinuria (puf-i-nu'ri-a), n. [NL. (Lesson. 
1H1!8), < Pufflnus + Uria.] In ornith., same as 
1'eiecaHoidex. 
Puffinus (piif'i-nus), n. [NL. (Brisson, 17GO, 
after Gesner, etc.), < E. puffin: see puffin.'] A 
genus of ProeeHartodtB, characterized by the 
short low nasal tubes obliquely truncate at 
the end, and with a thick septum, a long, com- 
paratively slender, and much-hooked beak, thin 
pointed wings, very short tail, and large feet ; 
the shearwaters. There are numerous species, found 
on all seas, some of them known as hagt or hagdens. The 
greater shearwater is P. major, widely distributed over 
the Atlantic ; the cinereous shearwater is / ' Inihli of the 
Mediterranean. The Manx shearwater is P. anglfrrum ; 
the dusky, P. obscunis; the sooty, P. fuliginogus. See cut 
under hoyden. 
puffkint (puf'kin), . [< puff + -kin.'] A 
fungous excrescence; a worthless dustball ; 
hence, a light, worthless person. 
And now and then too, when the fit 's come on 'em, 
Will prove themselves but flirts and tirliry-j/iy/Kjw. 
Ford, Lady's Trial, iii. 1. 
puffleg (puf leg), n. A humming-bird of the 
genus Eriocnemis : so called from the white 
fleecy tufts or puffs about the legs. See cut 
under Kriiicnrniin. 
puff-netting (pnf'net'ing), . Same as leaf- 
itcttintj. 
puff-paste (puf 'past), . In cookery, a rich 
dough for making the light friable covers of 
tarts, etc. 
puffroart, A noisy blast. [Rare.] 
East, weast, and Sonth-wynd with pufrnare mightelye 
ramping. Stanilnirxt, .-Eneid, ii. 
puff-wigt (put" wig), n. A fluffy kind of wig. 
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Here, sirrah, here 'i ten guineas for thee ; get thyself a 
drugget suit and pu/-irig, and so I dub thee gentleman- 
usher. Farquluir, The Inconstant, i. 1. 
puff-wingt (puf wing), n. A puffed-up part of 
a dress, rising from the shoulders, and resem- 
bling a wing. 
You shall tee them flock about you with their puf -icings, 
and ask you where you bought your lawn. 
6. Jonan, Poetaster, iv. 1. 
puffy (puf'i), a. [< puff + -01.] .1. Swollen, 
as with air or some soft substance ; puffed up ; 
tumid; soft: as, & puffy tumor. 
A very stout puffy man in buckskins and Hessian boots. 
Thackeray, Vanity Kair, iii. 
2. Tumid; turgid; bombastic: as, a puffy s\y\e. 
He lives at a high sail, that the pu/y praises of his 
neighbours may blow him into the enchanted island, vain- 
glory. Ren. T. Adam*, Works, I. 480. 
Nor [could] the tickling sense of applause and vaine- 
glory (make me stoop so low as] to affect the puffy name 
and title of an Orator. 
Dr. H. Him, Immortal, of Soul, F.p. Ded. 
There is a man, . . . 
Better than you, or all your puffy race, 
That better would become the great battalion. 
Dryden, Duke of Guise, 11. 2. 
3. Coming in puffs; characterized by puffs; 
gusty. 
We were running wing and wing before a very fresh and 
pu/y wind. The Century, XXVIII. 106. 
pug 1 i pug), H. [A var. of purk. Cf. fii/;/ 1 . As 
applied to a monkey, fox, or little dog, it means 
a little imp': so called in allusion to its pert, 
ugly face.] It. An elf; fairy; goblin; sprite: 
same as puck, 1. 
In John Milesius any man may rcade 
Of Iiivels in Sarmatiit honored 
Call'd Kottri or Kibaldi : such as wee 
I'li'i* and hobgoblins call. Their dwellings bee 
In corners of old houses least frequented, 
Or beneath stacks of wood ; and these convented 
Make fearfnll noise in buttries and in dairies, 
Kobin good-fello\\ s some, some call them fairies. 
IleyutKxt, Hierarchy of Angels, ix. 574. (A'arex.) 
2. A monkey. 
Vwr pwj was caught; to town convey'd ; 
There sold. How envy'd was his doom, 
Made captive in a lady's room \ Gay, Fables, i. 14. 
3. A fox. 
Some well-known haunts of pity. Kiivjitcy, Yeast, i. 
4. A dwarf variety of dog; a pug-dog. 
All at once a score of pugs 
And poodles yell'd within. 
Tennytton, Edwin Morris. 
5. A term of familiarity or endearment, like 
duck, etc. 
Good puggf, give me some capon. 
Marslon, Antonio and Mellida, I., ii. 1. 
The tlrst I called sweet duck ; the second, deare heart ; 
the third, prettie pwfge. 
Ma'rstmi, Antonio and Mellida, II., Iii. 4. 
6. A three-year-old salmon, Halliicell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 7. One of certain small geometrid 
moths: an English collectors' name. The net- 
ted pug is Eitpithrcitt rcnostita ; the foxglove- 
pug is S. pitlchcllata. 8t. A short cloak worn 
by ladies about the middle of the eighteenth 
century. 
pug 2 (pug), n. [Abbr. of pug-nose.] A pug- 
nose ; the form or turn of a pug-nose : as, a de- 
cided put/. [Colloq.] 
pug 3 (pug). ''. t. ; pret. and pp. pugged, ppr. pug- 
ging. [A. wr. at poke.] 1. To thrust; strike. 
HaUiweU. [Prov. Eng.] 2. In huilding: (a) 
To tamp with clay, or stop with puddle; clay. 
(b) To Hue (spaces between floor-joists) or cover 
(partition-walls) with coarse mortar, felt, saw- 
dust, or any other material to impede the pas- 
sageof sound; deaden; deafen. 3. \nnottery- 
aud brick-manvf., to grind, as clay, with water 
in order to render it plastic. 
The mixing and pugging apparatus is 23.6 inches In di- 
ameter at the feed end, and diminishes to 20.7 Inches at 
the delivery end. Ure, Diet., IV. 531. 
pug 3 (pug), H. [See pug3, .] 1. Clay ground 
and worked or kneaded with water, and some- 
times with other substances, into consistency 
for molding, as into bricks, etc. 2. A pug-mill. 
pug 4 ! (pug), n. [ME. pugge; origin obscure.] 
Chaff; refuse of grain. 
Mast, chastene, yeve hem pugge* of thi come. 
Palladim, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X p. 99. 
It can not abide rank mucke, but contenteth itselfe 
with rotten chaffe or pugg, and such like plain mullock. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xix. 6. (Daries.) 
pug 5 (pug), [Hind, ptifl, foot.] The print of 
afoot ; a footmark. See puijgi. 
pugaree (pug'a-re), . See pugree. 
pug-dog (pug'dog), H. A small dog which bears 
a resemblance in miniature to the bulldog. 
pug-mill 
It Is characterized by timidity and gentleness, Is often 
very affectionate and good-natured, and Is kept only ai a 
pet or curiosity. It is very liable U> disease, from being 
pampered and from lack of exercise and proper food! 
There are different varieties of pug-dogs, some character- 
ized by an extreme peculiarity of the Jaws and teeth. Com- 
monly called pug. See Dytddu*. 
pug-faced (pug'fast), a. [<;>w</i + fnce + -e<P] 
Having a monkey-like face. 
puggardt, ". [Perhaps an orig. misprint for 
*priggard, < prig 1 + -ard. Cf . pugging"*.] A 
thief. 
Cheators. llften, nips, foists, puggards, curbers, 
With all the devil's black-guard. 
Muldletoii and Dekker, Roaring Girl, v. 1. 
puggeredr, " An obsolete variant of puc Ictri'd, 
past participle of pucker. 
Nor are we to cavil at the red pugyer'd attire of the tur- 
key. /),-. //. More, Antidote against Atheism, II. xL 1. 
puggery (pug'er-i), n.; pi. puijgeries (-iz). 
Same as pugree. 
puggi (pug'i), n. [Hind, pagl, < pag, foot: see 
pug 5 .] In India, a tracker; one whose occupa- 
tion is to trace thieves, etc., by their foot- 
prints. 
pugging 1 (pug'ing), H. [Verbal u. of pug, v. 
In def. 1 perhaps an altered form (by some 
confusion) of puddling.] 1. The process of 
mixing and working clay for bricks, etc. 2. 
In arch., any composition laid under the boards 
of a floor, or on partition-walls, to prevent the 
transmission of sound. Also called deadening 
or (lenfciiiiuj. 
pugging-t, . [Perhaps an orig. misprint for 
prigging, < prig 1 , r.] Thieving. 
The white shecte bleaching on the hedge, 
With hey the sweet birds, () how they sing ; 
Doth set my pugging tooth an edge. 
Shak., W. T., iv. 3. 7 (1828). 
puggle (pug'l), r. t. [Freq. of pug*, r.] To 
stir (the fire). Hallnre.ll. [Prov. Eng.] 
puggree, puggry, . Same as pugree. 
pugh (pi> or pull), iiiterj. [Also pull ; a mere 
exclamation; cf. /their, pooh, etc.] An excla- 
mation of contempt, disdain, or disgust. 
pugil' (pti'jil), ii. [= Sp. yjiiy/iV = Pg. pugil = 
It. pugile, a boxer, < L. pugil, a boxer, one who 
tights with the fists,< pugnus (-\/ pug), fist. Cf. 
pui/H't, pugnacious, etc.] A boxer; a pugilist. 
He was no little one, but saginittf corporis bellua, as 
i 'in t in- says of Dioxippus the pugil. 
Bp. llacht, Abp. Williams, i. 37. (Davits.) 
pugil- (pu'jil), H. [= It. pugillo. a pinch, < L. 
piigillun, piii/illuiii, a handful, dim., < )t{/>in.t 
(V /"'.'/), hst: see JM/fltV 1 .] As much as can be 
taken up between the thumb and -the first two 
fingers; a pinch. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
Take violets, and infuse a good pugiU of them in a quart 
of vinegar. Bacon, Nat. Hist., i 17. 
The old gentleman ... at last extracted an ample round 
smilf -box. 1 looked as he opened it and felt for the wonted 
pugil. 0. W. Holmes, Autocrat, Iv. 
pugilism (pu'ji-lizm), H. [< pugil 1 + -ism.] 
The art or practice of boxing or fighting with 
the fists. 
The writing is a kind of pugUimn the strokes being 
made straight out from the shoulder. 
HoweUf, Venetian Life, Til. 
pugilist (pu'ji-list), H. [= F. pugiliste = Pg. 
pugilista : as pugil 1 + -int.] A boxer; one who 
tights with his fists. 
pugilistic (pu-ji-lis'tik), a. [< pugilist + -ic.] 
Of or pertaining to pugilists or pugilism; re- 
lating to boxing or fighting with the fists. 
Gentlemen of the pugilistic profession are exceedingly 
apt to keep their vital flre burning with the blower np. 
O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, vl. 
pugilistically (pu-ji-lis'ti-kal-i), adv. In a pu- 
gilistic manner; with reference to pugilism. 
The record of these gentlemen, like my own, proves that 
we are, pugiluticaUy speaking, men of peace. 
The Century, XXXIX. 666. 
pugillares (pu-ji-la'rez), n. pi. [L. pugillares 
(sc. libelli), or piigillaria, neut. pi., tablets ; also 
cerae piir/illarex, waxen tablets; pi. of pugillurix. 
that can be held in the hand: see ptii/illaris.] 
In Bom. aiitiq., writing-tablets. See triptych. 
pugillaria, . pi. See pugillares. 
pugillaris (pu-ji-la'ris), .; pi. pugillm-r* 
(-rez). [ML., < L. ptigillaris, that can be held 
in the hand, < pugillus, a handful : see pugil?.] 
The eucharistic calamus or fistula. See cala- 
niux, 4. 
pugioniform (pu-ji-on'i-f6rm), a. [< L. pu- 
gi"(n-), a dagger (< pitgniut (/ pug), fist: see 
]iiard), + fiinnii, form.] In but., having the 
shape of a dagger. 
pug-mill (pug'mil), n. A machine for mixing 
and tempering clay. A common form consists of a 
