Puceron
(Pu"ce*ron) n. [F., from puce a flea. See Puce.] (Zoöl.) Any plant louse, or aphis.
Pucherite
(Pu"cher*ite) n. [So named from the Pucher Mine, in Saxony.] (Min.) Vanadate of bismuth,
occurring in minute reddish brown crystals.
Puck
(Puck) n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. puki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker
a bugbear, Pug.]
1. (Mediæval 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. 2. (Zoöl.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
Puckball
(Puck"ball`) n. [Puck + ball.] A puffball.
Pucker
(Puck"er) v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Puckering.] [From Poke a pocket,
small bag.] 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
(Puck"er), n.
1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Puckerer
(Puck"er*er), n. One who, or that which, puckers.
Puckery
(Puck"er*y) a.
1. Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste. Lowell.
2. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
Puckfist
(Puck"fist`) n. A puffball.
Puckish
(Puck"ish), a. [From Puck.] Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. "Puckish freaks." J. R.
Green.
Pucras
(Pu"cras) n. [From a native name in India.] (Zoöl.) See Koklass.
Pud
(Pud) n. Same as Pood.
Pud
(Pud) n. The hand; the first. [Colloq.] Lamb.
Puddening
(Pud"den*ing) n. [Probably fr. pudden, for pudding, in allusion to its softness.] (Naut.)
(a) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat. (b) A bunch of soft
material to prevent chafing between spars, or the like.
