Punt
(Punt), n. [AS., fr. L. ponto punt, pontoon. See Pontoon.] (Naut.) A flat-bottomed boat with
square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
Punt
(Punt), v. t.
1. To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel
(anything) with exertion. Livingstone.
2. (Football) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
Punt
(Punt), n. (Football) The act of punting the ball.
Punter
(Punt"er) n.[Cf. F. ponte. See Punt, v. t.] One who punts; specifically, one who plays against
the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro. Hoyle.
Punter
(Punt"er), n. One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
Puntil
(Pun"til Pun"tel) , n. (Glass Making) See Pontee.
Punto
(Pun"to) n. [It. punto, L. punctum point. See Point.] (Fencing) A point or hit.
||Punto diritto [It.], a direct stroke or hit. — ||Punto reverso [It. riverso reverse], a backhanded
stroke. Halliwell. "Ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso!" Shak.
Punty
(Pun"ty) n. (Glass Making) See Pontee.
Puny
(Pu"ny) a. [Compar. Punier ; superl. Puniest.] [F. puîté younger, later born, OF. puisné; puis
afterwards (L. post; see Post-) + né born, L. natus. See Natal, and cf. Puisne.] Imperfectly developed
in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.
A puny subject strikes at thy great glory.
Shak.
Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.
Keble. Puny
(Pu"ny) n. A youth; a novice. [R.] Fuller.
Puoy
(Puoy) n. Same as Poy, n., 3.
Pup
(Pup) n. [See Puppy.] (Zoöl.) (a) A young dog; a puppy. (b) a young seal.
Pup
(Pup), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pupped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pupping.] To bring forth whelps or young,
as the female of the canine species.
Pupa
(Pu"pa) n.; pl. L. Pup E. Pupas [L. pupa girl. doll, puppet, fem. of pupus. Cf. Puppet.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult,
or imago, stage.
Among insects belonging to the higher orders, as the Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, the pupa is
inactive and takes no food; in the lower orders it is active and takes food, and differs little from the imago
except in the rudimentary state of the sexual organs, and of the wings in those that have wings when
adult. The term pupa is sometimes applied to other invertebrates in analogous stages of development.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of air- breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
