Puss in the corner, a game in which all the players but one occupy
corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange
places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it
is vacant, leaving some other without one. -- Puss moth (Zoˆl.), any
one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to Cerura,
Harpyia, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larvÊ
are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.
Pussy (?), n. [Dim. of puss.] 1. A pet name for a cat; also, an
endearing name for a girl.