punch 
Bmvt chap tbmt cabman - handled hi* fire* well ; but 
U I'd been your friend In the green Jemmjr ... pttnch 
bU hed -'cod I would. IKctnu, Pickwick Papers, IL 
Won't roc please puneA that Ore, and girt us more blaze ? 
C. D. Warner, Backlog studies, p. 155. 
punch 2 (punch), n. [< punch-, v.] A blow, dig, 
or thrust, as with the fist, elbow, or knee: as, 
to give one a punch in the ribs or a puiich on the 
head. [Colloq.] 
punch 3 (punch), a. and . [Perhaps a var. of 
/;M)io/il; cf. punchy with bunchy.'} I. a. Short 
and fat. [Prov. Eng.] 
II. n. 1. A short, fat fellow. 
I ... did hear them call their fat child punch, which 
|.l...-. .1 II.- li.lu'li'ih. lll.lt wi.r.l I" 'I'". 1 I" .-Hi'' : "!( "I 
common use for all that li thick and short 
Pepyt, Uiary, April 30, 1869. 
2. A short-legged, barrel-bodied horse, of an 
English draft-breed. 
A stout Suffolk punch, about thirteen hands and a half 
In height. Barham, IngoMsliy Legends, I. 119. 
Punch* (punch), . [Abbr. of Punchinello, by 
conformation with pu.Heh*.'] A short hump- 
backed hook-nosed puppet, with a squeaking 
voice, the chief character in a street puppet- 
show called ''Punch and Judy," who strangles 
his child, beats his wife (Judy) to death, be- 
labors a policeman, and does other tragical 
and outrageous things in a comical way. 
punch 5 (punch), n. [Formerly also jtounctte, 
punce (= D. pons = G. 8w. Dan. puusch = F. 
punch, ponche = Sp. Pg. puttche = It. punchio, 
]x>nchio, < E.); so called from its five ingredi- 
ents, < Hind, patch, five, < Skt.pancha, five, = 
E. fire: see fine. The Hind, panch does not 
seem to occur alone in the sense of 'punch,' 
but it is much used in composition to de- 
note various mixtures of five things, as panch- 
amrit, a mixture of milk, curds, sugar, glue, and 
honey, pauch-bhadra, a sauce of five ingredients, 
l>auch-pnllar, a medical preparation from the 
sprouts of five trees, etc., or sets of five things, 
as panch-pir, five saints, panch-garya, the five 
things yielded by the cow, etc. ; also alone for 
an assembly of five men, or any council (cf. 
punchayet).] A drink commonly made with 
wine or spirits, and either water or some sub- 
stitute, as a decoction of tea, and flavored with 
lemon-juice or lemon-peel and sugar. Punch is 
usually named from the alcoholic liquor which it con- 
tains, as brandy punch, claret punch, ram-punch, but some- 
times also from other ingredients, as milk-puncA, tea- 
jrunek, or from some person or circumstance, as Regent's 
punch, Hwedish punch, Webster punch. 
E'en now the godlike Brutus views his score 
Scroll'd on the bar-board, swinging with the door . 
Where, tippling pttnch, grave Cato's self you see, 
And Amor Patrfoe vending smuggled tea. 
rr<.v., Works, 1. 186. 
Punch had begun to make its appearance, but It was a 
simple liquor to what afterwards became known by that 
name. 
J. Athlon, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 202. 
Cobbler's punch. See cobbler^. Roman punch. See 
Roman, 
punchayet (pun-chi'et), . [Hind, panchayat, 
contr. panchat, a court of arbitration consisting 
of five or more members, a council; cf. panch, 
a council of five, < panch, five : see punch*. ] In 
the village communities of Hindustan, a com- 
mittee of five men sitting as a jury to try of- 
fenses against caste, etc., or as an admiuistra- 
tive council or the like. 
Bigamy Is a Paraee abomination, . . . and the unfortu- 
nate Jemahediee was excommunicated by the honorable 
punchayet. J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 274. 
punch-bowl (punch'bol), . [= Sw. punnchbal 
= Dan. punitchebolle ; as punch 6 + botrf 1 .] A 
bowl in which the ingredients of punch are 
mixed, and from which it is served by means 
of a ladle. See cut under monteith. 
They hae gard (caused) fill up ae punch-bout. 
Joe* o' the Side (Child's Ballads, VI. 88). 
Take, for Instance, the pvnch-bovi. ... It was a thing 
to be brought forth and (filed with a fragrant mixture of 
rum. brandy, and curacoa, lemon, hot water, sugar, grated 
nutmeg, cluvea, and cinnamon. 
W. Betant, Fifty Yean Ago, p. 170. 
punch-check (punch'chek), it. Same as bcll- 
/lUllfll. 
punch-cutter (punch'kut'er), n. The engraver 
on punches of letters for a type-foundry. 
puncheon 1 (pnn'cbon), n. [Formerly also ;)MH- 
rlnnii, jiunchin ; < 3fE. punchon.pungoun, < OF. 
jmiurhon, pointoH, F. poincon = Sp. pu n :on = Pg. 
pu*c8o = ll.pun;onr. a sharp instrument, a bod- 
kin, dagger, < L. )>unctio(*-), a pricking, punc- 
ture, < punt/ere, pp. punctus, prick, punch : see 
punch* and point'. Cf. doublet punction.] 1. 
A perforating- or stamping-tool; a punch, (a) 
An Iron Instrument with a sharp steel point, used In 
is.jr, 
marble-working : as, a dog's-tooth or gradln 
stone-cutters' puneheon. K. H. Knight. ' 
_______ , ____________ ____ . . A tool by 
which a plate-mark Is put upon silverware or the like. 
That other signet of gold, w' my puncheon of ivory and 
silver, I gene and bequeath unto Robert my secunde sone. 
Fabyan, L'hron., I., Pref., p. viL 
2. In carp. : (a) A short upright piece of tim- 
ber in framing; a dwarf post, stud, or quarter. 
(li) A slab of split timber with the face smooth- 
ed with an adz or ax, sometimes used for floor- 
ing or bridge-boards in the absence of sawed 
boards. [U. 8.] 
The bouse was constructed of logs, and the floor was of 
jmncheont a term which In Georgia means split log* 
with their faces a little smoothed with the axe or hatchet 
Georgia Scenes, p. 12. 
He had danced on puncheon floors before, but never on 
one that rattled so loudly. The Century, XXXIX. 288. 
(c) One of the small quarters of a partition 
above the bead of a door. E. H. Knight. 
puncheon 2 (pun'cbon), w. [Formerly alsoptiti- 
chion; ME. not found; < OF. poingon, poncon, 
F. poin^on, a wine-vessel, = It. punzone, a 
wine-vessel ; perhaps so called orig. with ref . to 
the stamp or print impressed on the cask by a 
puncheon orstamping-tool, and so a transferred 
use of puncheon 1 (cf. hogshead, a cask). The 
OF. /, ponton, a small measure, quarter of 
a pint, can hardly be related. The O. dial. 
(Bav.) punzen, pon:en, a cask, is perhaps of F. 
origin.] A cask; a liquid measure of from 72 
to 120 gallons: as, a puncheon of wine. The pun- 
cheon of beer In London contained 72 beer-gallons : that 
of wine, 84 wine-gallons. The latter value was legalised 
in It-": 
And he 's sew'd up the bloody hide, 
A puncheon o' wine put In. 
King Henry (Child's Ballads, I. 149). 
puncher (pun'cher),. [< punch 1 + -fr 1 .] One 
who or that which punches, perforates, or 
stamps. 
He was a rival of the former, who used puncheons for 
his graving, which Johnson never did, calling Simon a 
puncher, not a graver. 
WalpoU, Anecdotes of Painting, IL 250. 
punch-glass (puuch'glas), n. A small tumbler 
or ornamental mug with a handle, made of glass 
and used for punch and similar drinks : usually 
forming part of a set, as with a tray, or a tray 
and punch-bowl. 
punch-gutt, a. Pot-bellied. 
O swinish, punch-gvt God, say they, that smells rank of 
the sty he was sowed up In. 
Kfnnrl, tr. of Erasmus's Praise of Folly, p. 19. (Darin.) 
punch-house (punch'hous), n. In India, an inn 
or tavern ; specifically, in the Presidency towns, 
a boarding-house or house of entertainment for 
seamen. 
SaDors. British and American, Malay and Lascar, (be- 
long) to Flag Street, the quarter of punch-home*. 
J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 264. 
punchint, n. An obsolete variant of puncheon* . 
Punchinello (pun-chi-nel'd), n. [Formerly also 
J'unchantllo, Punchionello; = F. 1'oliclrinelle, < 
It. pulcinello, a clown, buffoon, prop, a puppet, 
dim. of pulcino, formerly also polcino, a young 
chicken, a child ; cf . pulcella, t., a young girl, 
maiden, = F. pucelle (see p*cetle) ; ult. < L. pul- 
/->, the young of an animal, a chicken : see pul- 
let. Cf. Punch*.} It. [*.<.] A puppet; spe- 
cifically, a popular puppet of Italian origin, the 
prototype of Punch. See Punch*. [In the first 
quotation the name is applied to an exhibitor 
of puppeU.J 
1W6, March 20. Rec. of Punchinello, the Haitian popet 
player, for his booth at Charing Cross, 2 I2i. erf. 
Otenecr'i Booh of the Parith of SL Martin in the Field*, 
{London. (A'ara.) 
Twas then, when August near was spent, 
That Bat, the grilllado'd saint, 
Had usher'd In his Smlthfleld-revels, 
Where pvnchwnelloe*, popes, and devils 
Are by authority allowed, 
To please the giddy gaping crowd. 
Uud&rmi Redirinu (1707X (Xaret.) 
2. Any grotesque or absurd personage, likened 
to the familiar character of the popular comedy 
in Italy. 
Being told that Gilbert Cooper called him [Johnson) the 
Caliban of literature: "Well," said he, "I roust dub him 
the ruuchinrll,,.- BonceU, Johnson, Ut 61. 
punching-bag ( pun'ehing-bag), N. A bag, gen- 
erally large and heavy, suspended from the ceil- 
ing, to be punched by an athlete, especially a 
boxer, for the sake of exercise. 
punching-bear (pun'ching-bar), . A puneh- 
iii^-inachine, operated by hydraulic power or 
by ordinary lever-power, for punching holes in 
l>ars or sheets of metal. Close-mouthed punch- 
punctation 
punch. Open-mouthed punchlng-bear, a punching 
li 
r. a punching-bear which has a central opening 
through the body of the machine. Into which metal bars 
an thrust and brought Into position for the action of the 
-jar which has In Its side an opening or Mot for the In 
tion of the margin of a metallic sheet or plate to be 
punched. Bee cut under tear"-, 9. 
punching-machine (pun'ching-ma-shen'), . 
A power-punch for making rivet-holes in plates, 
tubes, and other work in wrought-iron. such 
machines are operated by means of cams with steam or 
other power. They are often combined with shearing- 
machines. 
punchiont, An obsolete form of puncheon 1 . 
punch- jug (punch' jug), n. A jug, usually of pot- 
tery, formed in a grotesque shape like Punch. 
punch-ladle (punch'la'al), n. A ladle of me- 
dium size, the bowl of which has two spouts, 
one on each side, used for filling glasses from 
a punch-bowl. 
punch-pliers (punch'pli'erz), n. pi. A tool with 
two jaws, one bearing a hollow punch, and the 
other constituting a flat die against which the 
punch works. Punches of this nature are used 
by shoemakers, railroad and street-car conduc- 
tors, etc. 
punch-prop (punch'prop), n. In coal-mining, 
a short prop of timber used to support the coal 
in holing or undercutting ; a punch. Also called 
spray. 
punchy (pun'chi), a. [< punch 3 + -y 1 ; prob. 
in part a var. of paunchy, < paunch + -yl.] 
Paunchy; pot-bellied; short, squat, and fat. 
[Colloq.] 
A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen. 
Barham, IngoMsliy Legends, II. 124. 
punctt (pungkt), . [< L. punctum, a point : see 
point 1 .] A point. 
And neuerthelesse at the same Instant and punct of time 
It maketh day and high noone in one place, and nyght and 
mydnyght on the opposite part. 
Jt. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. xliiL). 
punctt (pungkt), r. t. [< tAli. punctare, pierce, 
punch: see punch 1 , point 1 .] To pierce; punc- 
ture. Salliicell. 
puncta, . Plural of punctum. 
Punctaria (pungk-ta'ri-a), . [NL. (Greville), 
so called in allusion to the dots formed by the 
sporangia and hairs ; < L. punctum, point, dot : 
see i K lint 1 .] A genus of olive-brown seaweeds, 
with a simple membranaceous frond which is 
composed of from two to six layers of cuboidal 
cells. The unllocular sporangia, which are Immersed In 
the frond, are formed from the superficial cells ; the pluri- 
1 ocular sporangia also are collected in spots and Immersed, 
except at the apex. There are 5 or U widely distributed 
species. 
Punctariaceae (pungk-ta-ri-a'se-e),H.j>f. [NL., 
< Punctaria + -actie.] An order of marine algse 
of the class Plixngporese, taking its name from 
the genus Punctaria ; a family of fucoid alpte. 
The root Is a minute naked disk. The frond is cylindri- 
cal or flat, unbranched. and cellular. 'I In- fructification 
conslstsof sorl scattered all over the fronds In minute dis- 
tinct dots, composed of roundish sporangia, producing 
Eoospores. 
punctate (pungk'tat), a. [< ML. punctatug, 
marked with dots (NL. punctatus, pointed), pp. 
of punctare , mark with dots, mark, point, <L. 
punctum, point, dot : seej*oin/l.] i. Having a 
point or points ; pointed. 2. In math., having 
an acnode, or point separate from the rest of 
the locus spoken of. Xevton, 1706. 3. In 
hot. and zoo)., having dots scattered over the 
surface ; studded with points, as of color, shape, 
texture, etc. ; dotted ; pitted. 
punctated (pungk'ta-ted), a. [< punctate + 
-f<F*.] Punctate ; dotted ; finely pitted. 
Nearly allied to this Is the genus Bacillaria; ... Its 
valves have a longitudinal vtnidatefi keel. 
W. B. Carpenter, Micros., I 286. 
Punctated curve, a curve with an acnode, or separate 
point. 
punctate-striate (pungk'tat-stri'at), a. In 
entom., having stnaa or impressed lines with 
punctures in them at more or less regular in- 
tervals. Also punetatwtriate. 
punctate-Bulcate (pungk'tat -sul'kat), . In 
enlom., sulcate or grooved, with punctures in 
the grooves. Also punctatosulcatf. 
punctation (pungk-ta'shon), H. [< ML. punc- 
tatio(n-), < punctare, mark, dot: see punctnti.] 
1. The state or condition of being punctate, in 
any of the senses of that word. 
The absence at pmctotton In the teat Is referred to 
nieUntorphism, as in C. (iuerangeri all stages were dis- 
covered, from impunctate to completely punctate. 
Science, III. S25. 
2. In ciril lav, a document made between the 
parties before the contract t<> wliieh it refers 
has binding force, generally merely with the ob- 
ject of putting clearly before them the principal 
points discussed. Gouasmit. Punctation of Ems, 
a document prepared at Bad Ems, German). In 1780, by 
of the Roman Catholic archbishops 
