Pup"pet (?), n. [OE. popet, OF. poupette; akin to F. poupÈe a doll,
probably from L. puppa, pupa, a girl, doll, puppet. Cf. Poupeton, Pupa,
Pupil, Puppy.] [Written also poppet.] 1. A small image in the human
form; a doll.
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2. A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a
marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
At the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance.
Pope.
3. One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so
used in contempt. Sir W. Scott.
4. (Mach.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a
lathe.
Puppet master. Same as Puppetman. -- Puppet play, a puppet show. --
Puppet player, one who manages the motions of puppets. -- Puppet show,
a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires. -- Puppet valve, a
valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat,
and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel
with it, -- used in steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge
is often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the
valve is closed. See the valves shown in Illusts. of Plunger pump, and
Safety valve, under Plunger, and Safety.
Pup"pet*ish (?), a. Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the
nature of a puppet.
Pup"pet*man (?), n. A master of a puppet show.
Pup"pet*ry (?), n. Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or
puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.
Puppetry of the English laws of divorce.
Chambers.
Pup"py (?), n.; pl. Puppies (#). [F. poupÈe doll, puppet. See Puppet,
and cf. Pup, n.] 1. (Zoˆl.) The young of a canine animal, esp. of the
common dog; a whelp.
2. A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent
person.
I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money
bag under each arm.
Addison.
Pup"py, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puppied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puppying.] To
bring forth whelps; to pup.
Pup"py*hood (?), n. The time or state of being a puppy; the time of
being young and undisciplined.
Pup"py*ish, a. Like a puppy.
Pup"py*ism (?), n. Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or
impudence. A. Chalmers.
Pur (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Purred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Purring.] [Of
imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.] To utter a low, murmuring,
continued sound, as a cat does when pleased. [Written also purr.]
Pur, v. t. To signify or express by purring. Gray.
Pur, n. The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment
or pleasure. [Written also purr.]
||Pu*ra"na (?), n. [Skr. pur&?;, properly. old, ancient, fr. pur
||formerly.] One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the
||Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and
||renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and
||heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their
||descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there
||are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
Pu*ran"ic (?), a. Pertaining to the Puranas.
Pur"beck beds` (?). [So called from the Isle of Purbeck in England.]
(Geol.) The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone,
belonging to the Oˆlitic group. See the Chart of Geology.
Pur"beck stone` (?). (Geol.) A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in
England.
Pur"blind` (?), a. [For pure- blind, i. e., wholly blind. See Pure, and
cf. Poreblind.] 1. Wholly blind. "Purblind Argus, all eyes and no
sight." Shak.
2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a
purblind mole.
The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be
purblindand sand-blind.
Latimer.
O purblind race of miserable men.
Tennyson.
-- Pur"blind`ly, adv. -- Pur"blind`ness, n.