Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 143
Pubes (n.) (Anat.) Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region.
Pubes (n.) (Bot.) The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.
Pubes (n.) The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs [syn: pubes, pubic region, loins].
Pubescence (n.) The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty. -- Sir T. Browne.
Pubescence (n.) A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered.
Pubescence (n.) The time of life when sex glands become functional [syn: puberty, pubescence].
Pubescency (n.) Pubescence.
Pubescent (a.) Arrived recently at puberty.
That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. -- Sir T. Browne.
Pubescent (a.) Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.
Pubescent (a.) (Of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy".
Pubescent (a.) Covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds" [syn: downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous].
Pubic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes; as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of the hypogastric region. See Pubes.
Pubic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pubis.
Pubis (n.) (Anat.) The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.
Pubis (n.) One of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis [syn: pubis, pubic bone, os pubis].
Public (a.) Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
To the public good Private respects must yield. -- Milton.
He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. -- D. Webster.
Public (a.) Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. -- Matt. i. 19.
Public (a.) Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. "The public street." -- Shak.
Public act or public statute (Law), An act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice.
Public credit. See under Credit.
Public funds. See Fund, 3.
Public house. An inn, or house of entertainment.
Public law. See International law, under International.
Public law. A public act or statute.
Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance.
Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3.
Public stores, Military and naval stores, equipments, etc.
Public works, All fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost.
Public (n.) The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.
The public is more disposed to censure than to praise. -- Addison.
Public (n.) A public house; an inn. [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
In public, Openly; before an audience or the people at large; not in private or secrecy. "We are to speak in public." -- Shak.
Public (a.) Not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures" [ant: private].
Public (a.) Affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare".
Public (n.) People in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" [syn: populace, public, world].
Public (n.) A body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public".
Public, By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public, A distinction has been made between the terms public and general, they are sometimes used as synonymous. The former term is applied strictly to that which concerns all the citizens and every member of the state; while the latter includes a lesser, though still a large portion of the community. Greenl. Ev. Sec. 128.
Public, When the public interests and its rights conflict with those of an individual, the latter must yield. Co. Litt. 181. if, for example, a road is required for public convenience, and in its course it passes on the ground occupied by a house, the latter must be torn down, however valuable it may be to the owner. In such a case both law and justice require that the owner shall be fully indemnified.
Public, This term is sometimes joined to other terms, to designate those things which have a relation to the public; as, a public officer, a public road, a public passage, a public house.
Public (a.) (People) (B2) 民眾的，大眾的 Relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group of people.
// Public opinion (= the opinions of most people) has turned against him.
// Is it really in the public interest (= useful to people) to publish this information?
// We need to increase public awareness of the disease.
// Peaceful demonstrations that do not cause a public nuisance (= do not harm other people) are a fundamental right in any truly democratic country.
// The government has had to bow to public pressure on the issue.
// The information only became public after his death.
// The results will not be made public (= told to everyone) until tomorrow.
Public (a.) (Government) (B1) 公立的，公共的 Provided by the government from taxes to be available to everyone.
// Public funds/ services/ spending.
// Public buildings.
// A public library.
// He is unlikely to hold public office (= have an important job in national or local government).
Public (a.) (Place) 人很多的A public place is one where a lot of people are.
// It's too public here - let's go back to my room to talk.
Idiom:
Be in the public eye (C1) （在報刊、電視上）頻頻出現；廣為人知 To be famous and written about in newspapers and magazines and seen on television.
Public enemy number one/ no. 1 頭號公敵；全民公敵 Someone or something that many people do not like or approve of.
Public (n.) [ U, + sing/pl verb ] The public (B1) 公眾，大眾 All ordinary people.
// The public has a right to know about this.
// The palace and its grounds are open to the public (= people can visit) during the summer months.
// When will the product be available to the general public (= all ordinary people)?
// Members of the public were asked about their shopping habits.
Public (n.) [ U, + sing/pl verb ] （尤指存在商業關係的）大眾 The group of people who are involved with you or your organization, especially in a business relationship.
// Newspapers publish these outrageous stories because they know what their public wants.
In public (B2) 公開地，當眾 In a place where people can see you.
// I'd never behave like that in public.
Compare: In private
In private (B2) 非公開的，私下的 If you talk to someone or do something in private, you do it without other people being present.
// Jamie wants to speak to me in private.
Publican (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation.
As Jesus at meat . . . many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. -- Matt. 1x. 10.
How like a fawning publican he looks! -- Shak.
Publican (n.) The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine.
Publican (n.) The keeper of a public house [syn: publican, tavern keeper].
Publican, () One who farmed the taxes (e.g., Zacchaeus, Luke 19:2) to be levied from a town or district, and thus undertook to pay to the supreme government a certain amount. In order to collect the taxes, the publicans employed subordinates (5:27; 15:1; 18:10), who, for their own ends, were often guilty of extortion and peculation. In New Testament times these taxes were paid to the Romans, and hence were regarded by the Jews as a very heavy burden, and hence also the collectors of taxes, who were frequently Jews, were hated, and were usually spoken of in very opprobrious terms. Jesus was accused of being a "friend of publicans and sinners" (Luke 7:34).
Publican, () Civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury. Dig. 39, 4, 1, 1; Id. 39, 4, 12, 3; Id. 39, 4, 13.
Publication (n.) 發表，公佈；出版；出版物 The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
Publication (n.) The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others. -- Swift.
Publication (n.) That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
Publication (n.) An act done in public. [R. & Obs.]
His jealousy . . . attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man. -- Jer. Taylor.
Publication of a libel (Law), Such an exhibition of a libel as brings it to the notice of at least one person other than the person libeled.
Publication of a will (Law), The delivery of a will, as his own, by a testator to witnesses who attest it.
Publication (n.) A copy of a printed work offered for distribution.
Publication (n.) The act of issuing printed materials [syn: {issue}, {publication}].
Publication (n.) The communication of something to the public; making information generally known.
Publication (n.) The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution [syn: {publication}, {publishing}].
Publication, () The act by which a thing is made public.
Publication, () It differs from promulgation, (q.v.) and see also Toullier, Dr. Civ. Fr. Titre Preliminaire, n. 59, for the difference in the meaning of these two words.
Publication, () Publication has different meanings. When applied to a law, it signifies the rendering public the existence of the law; when it relates to the opening the depositions taken in a case in chancery, it means that liberty is given to the officer in whose custody the depositions of witnesses in a cause are lodged, either by consent of parties, or by the rules or orders of the court, to show the depositions openly, and to give out copies of them. Pract. Reg. 297; 1 Harr. Ch. Pr. 345; Blake's Ch. Pr. 143. When it refers to a libel, it is its communication to a second or third person, or a greater number. Holt on Libels, 254, 255, 290; Stark. on Slander, 350; Holt's N. P. Rep. 299; 2 Bl. R. 1038; 1 Saund. 112, n. 3. And when spoken of a will, it signifies that the testator has done some act from which it can be concluded that he intended the instrument to operate as his will. Cruise, Dig. tit. 38, c. 5, s. 47; 3 Atk. 161; 4 Greenl. R. 220; 3 Rawle, R. 15; Com. Dig. Estates by devise, E 2. Vide Com. Dig. Chancery, Q; Id. Libel, B 1; Ibid. Action upon the case for defamation, G 4; Roscoe's Cr. Ev. 529; Bac. Ab. Libel, B; Hawk. P. C. B. 1, c. 73, s. 10; 3 Yeates' R. 128; 10 Johns. R. 442. As to the publication of an award, see 6 N. H. Rep. 36. See, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Public-hearted (a.) Public-spirited. [R.]
Publicist (n.) A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc.
The Whig leaders, however, were much more desirous to get rid of Episcopacy than to prove themselves consummate publicists and logicians. -- Macaulay.
Publicist (n.) Someone who publicizes [syn: publicist, publicizer, publiciser].
Publicity (n.) [U]（公眾的）注意，名聲；宣傳，宣揚；宣傳品；廣告；宣傳文章（或電影等）；公開場合 The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.
Publicity (n.) A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas" [syn: {promotion}, {publicity}, {promotional material}, {packaging}].
Publicity (n.) The quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room".
Publicly (adv.) With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made.
Publicly (adv.) In the name of the community. -- Addison.
Publicly (adv.) In a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly; "she admitted publicly to being a communist" [syn: publicly, publically, in public] [ant: in camera, in private, privately].
Publicly (adv.) By the public or the people generally; "publicly provided medical care"; "publicly financed schools" [ant: privately].
Public-minded (a.) Public-spirited. -- Pub"lic-mind`ed*ness, n.
Publicness (n.) The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the publicness of a sale.
Publicness (n.) The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property. -- Boyle.
Public-spirited (a.) Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.
Public-spirited (a.) Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. -- Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly, adv. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
Public-spirited (a.) Showing unselfish interest in the public welfare; "a public-spirited citizen".
Published (imp. & p. p.) of Publish
Publishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Publish
Publish (v. t.) 出版；發行；刊載，刊登；發表；頒布，發布 [H]；出版……的著作 To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict.
Published was the bounty of her name. -- Chaucer.
The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. -- Addison.
Publish (v. t.) To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage.
Publish (v. t.) To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press.
Publish (v. t.) To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper. [U.S.]
To publish a will (Law), To acknowledge it before the witnesses as the testator's last will and testament.
Syn: To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate; disclose; divulge; reveal. See Announce.
Compare: Announce
Announce (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing.] To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. -- Gilpin.
Announce (v. t.) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws, announce Or life or death. -- Prior.
Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.
Usage: To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.
Publish (v.) (v. i.) 出版，發行；（著作人）發表作品 Put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" [syn: {print}, {publish}].
Publish (v.) Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" [syn: {publish}, {bring out}, {put out}, {issue}, {release}]
Publish (v.) Have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" [syn: {publish}, {write}].
Publish (n.) In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.
Publishable (a.) Capable of being published; suitable for publication.
Publishable (a.) Suitable for publication [ant: unpublishable].
Publisher (n.) One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine.
For love of you, not hate unto my friend, Hath made me publisher of this pretense. -- Shak.
Publisher (n.) A firm in the publishing business [syn: publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company].
Publisher (n.) A person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music.
Publisher (n.) The proprietor of a newspaper [syn: publisher, newspaper publisher].
Publishment (n.) The act or process of making publicly known; publication.
Publishment (n.) A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States. [U.S.]
Puccoon (n.) (Bot.) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.
Compare: Bloodroot
Bloodroot (n.) (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.
Puccoon (n.) Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment [syn: puccoon, Lithospermum caroliniense].
Puccoon (n.) Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant [syn: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis].
Puce (a.) Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.
Puce (n.) A color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red.
Pucel (n.) See Pucelle. [Obs.]
Pucelle (n.) A maid; a virgin. [Written also pucel.] [Obs.]
Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. -- B. Jons.
La Pucelle, The Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc
Pucelage (n.) Virginity. [R.]
Pucelle (n.) A maid; a virgin. [Written also pucel.] [Obs.]
Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. -- B. Jonson.
La Pucelle, the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.
Puceron (n.) (Zool.) Any plant louse, or aphis.
Pucherite (n.) (Min.)Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals.
Puck (n.) (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. -- Shak.
He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. -- Drayton.
Puck (n.) (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
Puck (n.) A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals.
Puck (n.) A mischievous sprite of English folklore [syn: Puck, Robin Goodfellow].
Puck (n.) A vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey [syn: puck, hockey puck].
Puckball (n.) A puffball.
Puckered (imp. & p. p.) of Pucker
Puckering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pucker
Pucker (v. t. & i.) To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth. "His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles." -- Spectator.
Pucker (n.) A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
Pucker (n.) A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Pucker (n.) An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) [syn: pucker, ruck].
Pucker (v.) To gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit].
Pucker (v.) Draw together into folds or puckers [syn: gather, pucker, tuck].
Pucker (v.) Become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" [syn: pucker, ruck, ruck up].
Puckerer (n.) One who, or that which, puckers.
Puckery (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste. -- Lowell.
Puckery (a.) Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
Puckfist (n.) A puffball.
Puckish (a.) Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. "Puckish freaks." -- J. R. Green.
Puckish (a.) Naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked].
Compare: Koklass
Koklass (n.) (Zool.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras.
Pucras (n.) (Zool.) See Koklass.
Pud (n.) Same as Pood.
Pud (n.) The hand; the first. [Colloq.] -- Lamb.
Pud (n.) (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) [syn: pudding, pud].
Puddening (n.) (Naut.) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat.
Puddening (n.) (Naut.) A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between spars, or the like.
Puddered (imp. & p. p.) of Pudder
Puddering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pudder
Pudder (v. i.) To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.
Puddering in the designs or doings of others. -- Barrow.
Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. -- Holland.
Pudder (v. t.) To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. -- Locke.
Pudder (n.) A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. "All in a pudder." -- Milton.
Pudding (n.) A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
And solid pudding against empty praise. -- Pope.
Pudding (n.) Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
Pudding (n.) An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage. -- Shak.
Pudding (n.) Any food or victuals.
Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. -- Prior.
Pudding (n.) (Naut.) Same as Puddening.
Pudding grass (Bot.), The true pennyroyal ({Mentha Pulegium), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast meat. -- Dr. Prior.
Pudding pie, A pudding with meat baked in it. -- Taylor (1630).
Pudding pipe (Bot.), The long, cylindrical pod of the leguminous tree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See Cassia.
Pudding sleeve, A full sleeve like that of the English clerical gown. -- Swift.
Pudding stone. (Min.) See Conglomerate, n., 2.
Pudding time. The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish first eaten. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Pudding time. The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding time came to his aid. -- Hudibras. Pudding fish
Pudding (n.) Any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes; "corn pudding".
Pudding (n.) (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) [syn: pudding, pud].
Pudding (n.) Any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed.
Pudding-headed (a.) Stupid. [Colloq.]
Puddle (n.) A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. -- Spenser.
Puddle (n.) Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.
Puddle poet, A low or worthless poet. [R.] -- Fuller.
Puddled (imp. & p. p.) of Puddle
Puddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puddle
Puddle (v. t.) To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. -- Shak
Puddle (v. t.) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
Puddle (v. t.) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.
Puddle (v. t.) To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron. -- Ure.
Puddled steel, Steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process.
Puddle (v. i.) To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] -- R. Junius.
Puddle (n.) A mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry.
Puddle (n.) A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" [syn: pool, puddle].
Puddle (n.) Something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" [syn: pool, puddle].
Puddle (v.) Wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard".
Puddle (v.) Subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron".
Puddle (v.) Dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants".
Puddle (v.) Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud.
Puddle (v.) Mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint".
Puddle (v.) Make into a puddle; "puddled mire" [syn: muddle, puddle].
Puddle (v.) Make a puddle by splashing water.
Puddle (v.) Mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: addle, muddle, puddle].
Puddle (v.) Eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water].
Puddle-ball (n.) The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.
Puddle-bar (n.) An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.
Puddler (n.) One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.
Puddling (n.) (Hydraul. Engin.) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material.
Puddling (n.) (Hydraul. Engin.) Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2.
Puddling (n.) (Metal.) The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities.
Puddling furnace, A reverberatory furnace in which cast iron is converted into wrought iron or into steel by puddling.
Puddly (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul. "Thick puddly water." -- Carew.
Puddock (n.) A small inclosure. [Written also purrock.] [Prov. Eng.]
Pudency (n.) Modesty; shamefacedness. "A pudency so rosy." -- Shak.
Pudenda (n. pl.) The external organs of generation.
Pudendal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.
Pudendal (a.) Of or relating to or near the pudendum; "pudendal nerve".
Pudendum (n.) (Anat.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.
Pudendum (n.) Human external genital organs collectively especially of a female.
Pudgy (a.) Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand. -- Thackeray.
Pudgy (a.) Short and plump [syn: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly].
Pudic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation.