Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . er.—Ptmgent,-jent, a. Pricking: piercing, — as. sharp,acrid, biting, — said with reference to taste: stimu-lating, pricking, — said of smell ; sharply painful,acute, — said of pains, sensations, etc.; exquisitelypainful to the feelings, severe, — said of discourse. — Pnn^gency, -si, n. State of being, etc.—Puncfure,punkchur, n. Act of perforating with a pointedinstrument ; a small hole made tiy
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . er.—Ptmgent,-jent, a. Pricking: piercing, — as. sharp,acrid, biting, — said with reference to taste: stimu-lating, pricking, — said of smell ; sharply painful,acute, — said of pains, sensations, etc.; exquisitelypainful to the feelings, severe, — said of discourse. — Pnn^gency, -si, n. State of being, etc.—Puncfure,punkchur, n. Act of perforating with a pointedinstrument ; a small hole made tiy a point. — ?. *.[prNCTUEED (-churd), -UEiNG.] To pierce with_asmall, pointed instrument, prick.—Pimctate,-tat,-tated, a. Pointed: ending in a point or points. (Bot.)Having dots scattered over the surf ape. —Puncfual,punkchual, a. Observant of nice points; punctili-ous: esp. adhering to the time of an appointment;prompt; occurring, made, or returning, at the ap-pointed time ; exact; precise ; strict; accurate. —PonctuaKity-, -Y-tl, n. Quality or state of being, etc. — PunctiKio, -til^yo, n. A nice point of exactness inconduct, ceremony, or proceeding. — PunctiIious,. Pointer Dog. am, fSmc, far, pass or opera, fare ; end, eve, term; In, Ice; Sdd, tone, 6r ; POISE 305 POLLIWI& -tilyus, a. Attentive to punctilio; exact in formsof cereraonj. — Puncfuate, ijunkchu-at, f. t. Toseparate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points, whichmark the proper ]jau»es. — Functuatibn, n. (Gram.)Act or art of punctuating or poimiug a writing ordiscourse. Poise, poiz, n. Weight; gravity ; the mass of metalused in weighing with steelyards ; equipoise ; bal-ance; equilibrium.— r. t. [poised(poii:d), POISING.]To make of equal weight: to hold or iilace in equilib-rium; to load with weight for balancing; to weigh. Poison, poizu, n. Any substance noxious to life orhealth; that which taints or destroys moral purityor health ; venom ; bane ; ruin ; malignity. — v. t.[poiS
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