Push button. (Elec.) A simple device, resembling a button in form, so arranged that pushing it closes an electric circuit, as of an electric bell.
Pu*tresce" (?), v. i. [See Putrescent.] To become putrescent or putrid; to putrefy.
Ordinarily sewage does not putresce until from twenty-four to sixty hours after its discharge.
Nature.
Putt (?), n. [Cf. Put, v. t.] (Golf) A stroke made on the putting green to play the ball into a hole.
Putt, v. i. (Golf) To make a putt.
Put"tee (?), n. Same as Putty, a kind of gaiter.
Putt"er (?), n. (Golf) (a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting. (b) One who putts.
Putt"ing green (?). (Golf) The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole. "The term putting green shall mean the ground within twenty yards of the hole, excepting hazards." Golf Rules.