We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand.
Bagehot.
Pu"ni*to*ry (?), a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time
both prudential and punitory.
A. Tucker.
Punk (?), n. [Cf. Spunk.] 1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and
useful for tinder; touchwood.
2. A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder;
agaric.