pupilarity 
pupilary: see pupilaryi.] In Scots laic, the in- 
terval from birth to the age of fourteen in males 
and twelve in females ; pupilage. 
It ' a fatherless bain and a motherless ; ... we 
are in loco parentis to him during his years of pupUlarity. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, v. 
pupilary 1 , pupillary 1 (pu'pi-la-ri), a. [= F. 
inil>illnii-f = Pr. pupilari = Sp. pupilar = Pg. 
l>ui>illnr= It. i>i<i>illare, < L. pupillaria, pertain- 
ing to an orphan or ward, < pupillus, an orphan, 
a ward: see pupil 1 .'} Pertaining to a pupil or 
\\iinl. 
pupilary-, pupillary 3 (pu'pi-la-ri), a. [< pu- 
liil'2 + -di-i/. Cf. pupilary 1 .] Of or pertaining 
to the pupil of the eye. 
Now It becomes an interesting question, When the axial 
and focal adjustments are thus dissociated, with which 
4851 
advanced to the pupal state; of or pertaining 
to the Pupipara. Also pupigcnoua. 
Pupivora (pu-piv'o-rft).n. jrf. [NL., < NL.piyxi, 
pupa, + L. torare, devour.] A division of 
Hymenoptera characterized by the petiolate or 
stalked abdomen, the female armed with an 
extensile ovipositor, the larva footless, and 
having the haoit of ovipositing in the larvae or 
pupae of other insects (often however in plants, 
as in the gall-insects), upon which the young 
feed when they hatch, wnence the name ; the 
pupivorous, entomophagous, or spiculiferous 
hymenopterous insects. In Latrellle's system of clas- 
sification the Pupinora formed the second family of llyine- 
nopttra, divided Into six tribes, Kraniadet, Jchncvmonidir, 
Gallicola, Chalcidue, Oxyuri, and Chrytidet, respectirely 
puppy-snatch 
Rave, talk Idly, as 'twere some deity, 
Adoring female painted pvppetn. 
Manto, Scourge of VUlanle (ed. 1509), vili. 204. 
Your dainty ten-Umea-drest buff, with this language, 
Bold man of arms, shall win upon her. doubt not, 
Beyond all silken puppetry. Ford, Lady's Trial, IL 1. 
The theatre seems to me almost as bad as the church ; 
It Is all puppetry alike. & Judd, Margaret, IL IL 
2. The exhibition of puppets or puppet-shows; 
a puppet-show. 
Bow outraglously are their prelates and chlrche* orned 
and gorglously garniaahed In their popetry, passe tyiues, 
and apes playe. Joye, Expos, of Dan. Til. 
Thou profane professor of puppetry, little better than 
poetry. B. Jonton, Bartholomew Fair, T. S. 
A grave proficient In amuslve feata 
Of puppetry. Wordncorth, Excursion, T. 
one does the pupillary contraction ally Itself? I answer, it 
allies itself with the focal adjustment. 
Le Conte, Sight, p. 118. 
Pupilary membrane. See membrane. 
pupilate, pupillate (pu'pi-lat), a _ 
Tn.. i,... <; pupilla, pupil: see pupil*.] 
ther and 
pupiled, pupilled (pu'pild), a. 
In entom., furnished with a ci 
cynipid*. ciuucidid*. rrocto- puppet-show (pup'et-sho), n. Same as puppet- 
trymda, and Chrytididie. The Plfittrm, slightly modi- play, 1. 
fled, are also called Entomophaya, and by Westwood Spi- 
cidtfera. 
pupivore (pu'pi-vor), n. A pupivorous insect ; 
[< NL. pu- a member of the Pupivora. 
In pupivorous (pu-piv'o-rus), a. 
gen- pupa, + L. vorare, devour.] Devouring the 
pupeB of other insects, as an insect; parasitic p Up pify"(pup'i-G), r. t.; pret. and pp. puppi- 
on pupse; belonging to the Pupirora. See cut jfa], p pr . puppifyiny. [(puppy + -/y.] To 
make a puppy of; assimilate to a puppy or 
puppies. [Rare.] 
Concerning the peeple, I verily believe ther were never 
any so far degenerated since the Devlll had to do with 
mankind, never any who did fool and puppijie themselfs 
goal., having a central spot of anotl 
orally darker color; noting marks so charac- 
terized. ,_, 
ild),a. [(.piipil% + -ed$.] under Pimpla. 
ith a central dark spot; puplet, . A Middle English form of people. 
spot pupiled with blue: pupoid (pu'poid), a. [< NL. pupa, pupa, + Ur. 
1 -*~ 1 =*< ridof, form.] In cone h., pupiform; resembling 
A man who seldom rides needs only to get into a coach 
and traverse his own town, to turn the street Into a pup- 
pet-thotc. Emenon, Misc., p. 4i. 
puppet-valve (pup'et-valv), . A valve which, 
[< JL. pupil, i u opening, is lifted bodily from its seat instead 
of being hinged at one side. 
pupilate: as, a white 
used especially of ocellated spots. 
pupilize, pupillize (pu'pi-liz), v. i. ; pret. and or related to the Pupidi 
pp. ptfpMMM, pupiMted, ppr. pupilising, pupil- puppet (pup'et), n. [Also popptt; early mod. 
li:ini/. [<pupil l + -ize.] To take pupils; teach; E. popet, < ME. popet, < OF. pvupette, a doll, 
tutor. puppet, dim. of "poupe, < L. pupa, a doll, pup- 
When the student takes his degree, he obtains by pupil- pet, a girl : see pupa. Cf. puppy.] If. A doll. 
iziny enough to render further assistance unnecessary. 
C. A. Bruited, English University, p. 111. 
pupilla (pu-pil'a), n.; pi. pupilla (-e) . [L. : see 
liit/iiP,] In anat., the pupil of the eye. 
pupillage, pupillar, etc. See pupilage, etc. 
pupillometer (pu-pi-lom'e-ter), n. [< L. pupilla, 
pupil, + Or. uirpov, measure.] An instrument 
for measuring the size of the pupil of the eye. 
pupil-mongert (pu'pil-mung'ger), H. One who 
t akes or teaches pupils ; a tutor or schoolmaster. 
[Rare.] 
John Preston . . . was the greatest ptipu-monyer in 
England in man's memory, having sixteen fellow common- 
ers ... admitted In one year in Queen's College, and pro 
vlded convenient accommodations for them. 
Fuller, Worthies, Northampton, II. 617. 
pupil-teacher (pu'pil-te'cher), . One who is 
lioth a pupil and a teacher. In Great Britain pupil- 
teachers are apprenticed for five years under a certificated 
master or mistress, receive daily instruction out of school - 
hours, and assist in the regular school-work during school- 
hours. Their subsequent training consists of a course of 
two years at a normal college and training-school. 
The large towns, which are the almost only nurseries of 
pupil-teachers, are mostly working on the centre-system, 
which makes the pupil-teacher merely a kind of Inferior 
assistant, not a pupil at all, to the teacher under whom he 
is apprenticed. The Academy, June 1, 1889, p. 370. puppet-head (pup'et-hed), H. 
Pupina (pu-pi'na), . [NL. (Ehrenberg, 1831), 
< 1'npa, the shell so called, 4- -ina.] The typ- 
n marvel at the play of puppet* that Puppis (pup'is), M. [NL., < L. puppin, a ship, 
tain and advlseth well of the mo- th * teru o f a Kh ip ; seejWOB 1 .] A subdivision 
on, AdTancement of Letu-ning, I. 94. ^, _ .. OIlsteluti l OI1 ^ tro<luced b y Baily 
This were a popet In an arm tenbrace 
For any woman, smal and fair of face. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Sir Thopas, 1. 11. 
2. A little figure of a person, moved by the 
fingers, or by cords or wires, in a mock drama; puppingf, n. 
a marionette. .}fiiixl-it.' 
Neither can any ma 
goeth behind the curtain 
tion. Bacon, 
Hence 3. One who is actuated by the will of 
another; a tool: used in contempt. 
Puppet to a father's threat, and servile to a shrewish 
tongue. Tennymn, Locksley llalL 
4f. pi. Toys ; trinkets. 
A maid makes conscience 
Of half-a-crown a-week for pins and puppet*. 
Fletcher, Wit without Money, II. 2. 
5. The head-stock or the tail-stock of a lathe. 
See lathe. 
puppett (pnp'et), r. t. [< puppet, n.] To dress 
as a doll ; bedeck with finery. 
Behold thy darling, whom thy soul affects 
So dearly; whom thy fond indulgence decks 
And puppet* up in soft, in silken weeds. 
Quarle*, Emblems, v. -. 
A sliding piece 
onThe upper part of the lathe-bed of a lathe or 
boring-machine, to hold and adjust the back- 
center. 
, 
Into such a perfect slavery and confusion. 
llmnll. Parly of Beasts, p. 29. (Dame*.) 
puppily (pup'i-H), a. [< puppy + -ly .] Pup- 
py-like. [Rure.] 
This impertinent heart Is more troublesome to me than 
my conscience, I think. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my 
voice and roughen my character, to keep up with Us pup- 
' C "ScAanfam, Clarissa Harlowe, V. 79. (Davit*.) 
An obsolete form of pippin^. 
ical genus of Pupinidx. The species are of a Ins- center. 
trous brown or mahogany color, and inhabit India, China, puppetish (pup et-ish), a. [barly mod. t,. poji- 
Australia, and islands of the Pacific ocean. P. bicanuu- efigh; < puppet + -wA 1 .] Pertaining to or re- 
in the British Association Catalogue, 
puppy (pup'i), M.; pi. puppies (-iz). [Early mod. 
E. puppif; < OF. puupee, F. pauper, a doll, pup- 
pet, < ML. as if "pupata, < L. pupa, a doll, pup- 
pet: see pupa, puppet. A little dog appears 
to have been called puppy because petted as a 
doll or puppet. Hence, by abbr., pup.] If. A 
doll ; a puppet. HatttnwL8. A young dog; 
a whelp ; also, by extension, a young seal or 
other young carnivore. 
A blind bitch's puppie*, fifteen I' the litter. 
Skat., M. W. of W., 11L 5. 11. 
3. A conceited, frivolous, and impertinent man ; 
a silly young fop or coxcomb : used in contempt. 
Go, bid your lady seek some fool to fawn on her, 
Some unexperlenc'd puppy to make sport with ; 
I have been her mirth too long. 
Beau, and Fl., Little French Lawyer, U. X 
You busy Puppy, what have you to do with our Laws? 
Milton, Answer to Salmaslua, Pref., p. 15. 
lata is an example. 
Pupinacea (pu-pi-na'se-a), . pi. [Nli., < Pu- 
piiin + -acea.] Same as Pupinidx. 
Pupinae (pu-pi'ne), w. pi. [NL., < Pupa + 
-III.T.] The Pupidse considered as a subfamily 
of Heticidte. 
Pupinidae (pu-pin'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Pupina 
+ -iilx.] A' family of. terrestrial pectinibran- puppetlyt (pup et-li), a 
chiate gastropods, typified by the genus Pupina. Like a puppet. [Rare.] 
They are closely related" to the Cydophoridse, and are by 
many referred to that family, but are distinguished by a 
pupiform shell. The species are confined to tropical coun- 
tries. Pupina and Megaloinastoma are the principal gen- 
era. 
Pupininae (pu-pi-ni'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Pupina 
+ -hue.] A subfamily of Cyclophoridee, typified 
by the genus Pupina : same as Pupinidx. 
Pupipara (pu-pip'a-ra), n. pi. [NL. (Nitzsch, 
1818), < pupa, pupa, -f- L. parere, bring forth.] 
A division of dipterous insects in which the 
eggs are hatched and the larval state is passed 
sembling puppets or puppetry 
Ne lesse also doth he that setteth menne to open pen 
aunce at Paules frosse, for holye water makyng. for pro 
cession and senslnge, wyth other popetithe gaudes, con- 
strayninge them to promise the nduauncement of the old puppy (pup'i), t. i. ; pret. 
faith of holy church by such fantasticall fopperyes. piipi>ying. [< puppy, n.] 
- whelp. Also * pup. 
I am by no means such a puppy as to tell you I am upon 
sure ground ; however, perseverance. 
Mia Barney, Evelina, Ixxvi. 
4. A white bowl or buoy used in the herring- 
fisheries to mark the position of the net near- 
est the fishing-boat. [Eng.] 
and pp. puppied, ppr. 
To bring forth pup- 
[< pupjtet + 
pies 
PU] 
Puppetly idols, lately consecrated to vulgar adoration. 
Bp. Gauden, Hierasplstes (1663), p. 448. 
uppy-dog 
(pup'i-dog), n. A pup or puppy. 
Talks as familiarly of roaring lions 
As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dog*! 
puppetman (pup'et-man), .; pi. puppetntcn 
(-men). Same as puppet-player. puppy -fish (pup'i -fish), n. A selachian, the 
From yonder puppetman enquire, angel-fish, Sauatina gngelua. See cuts under 
Who wisely hides his wood and wire. Stc\fl. angel-fish and Squatiiin. 
puppet-master (pup'et-mas'tr), . The mas- puppy-headed (pup'i-hed'ed), a. i 
ter or manager of a puppet-show, 
Host Of whom the tale went to turn puppet-mailer. 
Lot. And travel with young Goose, the motion-man. 
B. Jonton, New Inn, L 1. 
I shall laugh myself todeath at this puppy-headed mon- 
ster. Shot., Tempest, 11. 2. 159. 
(pup'i-hiid), n. [< puppy + -hood.] 
ppyhood , . . 
The condition of being a puppy, or the period 
pu 
within the body of the parent, the young being pu ppet-play (pup'et-pla), n. 1. A dramatic during which this condition lasts. 
boru ready to become pupa?. The head is closely performance with puppets, with or without a Lmrge dogs "are still in their puppyhaod at this time 
!5fff^^S^^^S5*S.1,^gSr t The dialogue .spoken_ by concealed persons^ 2. 
[one year old)." Damn, Var. of Animals and Planta, i. 
. 
tra are of the three families Hippoboiicidir, 
nd Braidida. The first family Includes the 
well-known horse-tick, sheep-tick, and bird-ticks, the 
second the bat ticks, and the third the bee-lice. Some- 
tinu's called Nyinphipara. 
Pupiparia (pu-pi-pa'ri-a), n. pi. [NL.] Same 
as PitpijMirB. 
pupiparous (pu-pip'a-rus). a. [< NL. pupa, 
pupa, + L. parere, bring forth.] Bringing forth 
pupae : giving birth to larvee which are already 
That kind of performance which is carried on puppyism (pup'i-izm), n. [< puppy + -ism.] 
bv means of puppets ; entertainment by means 
of marionettes, 
puppet-player (pup'et-pla'er), i. One who 
manages the motions of puppets, 
puppetry (pup'et-ri), n. [Formerly also pup- 
etru, popetry ; < puppet + -ry.] 1 . Finery, as 
that of a doll or puppet; outward show; affec- puppy-snatcht, 
tation. * 
/ 11 jy jy i -jjAi \f^^ . fj - t . r I I J -I 
Conduct becoming a puppy; silly, conceited 
foppishness ; empty-headed affectation. 
It is surely more tolerable than precocious puppyism In 
the Quadrant, whiskered dandyism in Regent-street and 
Pall-mall, or gallantry in its dotage anywhere. 
Diclniu, .Sketches, Characters, t 
Apparently, a snare. Da- 
