Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . bitter.—Pim^gent, -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. — Pungency, -st, n. State of being, etc.— Puncture,punk-chur, n. Act of perforating with a pointedinstrument ; a small hole mad
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . bitter.—Pim^gent, -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. — Pungency, -st, n. State of being, etc.— Puncture,punk-chur, n. Act of perforating with a pointedinstrument ; a small hole made by a point. — r. t.[punctured (-churd), -ueing.] To pierce with asmall, pointed instrument, prick.—Ptmctate,-tat,-tated, rt. Pointed; ending in a point or points. (Bot.)Having dots scattered over the surface.—Punctual,punk-chual, 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. —Punctuality, -Y-tt, n. Quality or state of being, etc. — PunctiKio, -tiKyo, n. A nice point of exactness inconduct, ceremony, or proceeding. — Punctillous,. Pointer Dog. am, fSmc, far, pass or opera, fare-; 6nd, eve, tSrm; tn, Ice; Odd, tone, fir ; POISE 305 POLLIWIG -tilyus, a. Attentive to punctilio; exact in formsof ceremony. — Pimctaat<e, punkchu-at, v. t. Toseparate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points, whichmark the proper pauses. — Punctuation, n. ( Gram.)Act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing ordiscourse. Poise, poiz, n. Weight ; gravity ; the mass of metalused in weighing with steelyards ; equipoise ; bal-ance; equilibrium.— v. t. [poisED(poizd), poising.]To make of equal weight; to hold or place in equilib-rium; to load with weight for balancing; to weigh. Poison, poizn, n. Any substance noxious to life orhealth; that which taints or destroys moral purityor health ; venom ; bane ; ruin ; malignity. —v. t.[
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