Pus"tu*late (?), v. t. [L. pustulatus, p. p. of pustulare to blister,
fr. pustula. See Pustule.] To form into pustules, or blisters.
{ Pus"tu*late (?), Pus"tu*la`ted (?), } a. Covered with pustulelike
prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate
shell or coral.
Pus*tu*la"tion (?), n. [L. pustulatio.] The act of producing pustules;
the state of being pustulated.
Pus"tule (?; 135), n. [L. pustula, and pusula: cf. F. pustule.] (Med.)
A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base,
containing pus.
Malignant pustule. See under Malignant.
Pus"tu*lous (?), a. [L. pustulosus, fr. pustula a pustule: cf. F.
pustuleux.] Resembling, or covered with, pustules; pustulate; pustular.
Put (?), n. [See Pit.] A pit. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Put, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth.
Chaucer.
Put (?), n. [Cf. W. pwt any short thing, pwt o ddyn a squab of a
person, pwtog a short, thick woman.] A rustic; a clown; an awkward or
uncouth person.
Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign.
Bramston.
What droll puts the citizens seem in it all.
F. Harrison.
Put (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Put; p. pr. & vb. n. Putting.] [AS. potian
to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin
to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust,
and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust;
to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by
= to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust
out).
His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy spiritual
employment.
Jer. Taylor.
2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;
figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation,
condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition;
as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to
fight.
This present dignity, In which that I have put you.
Chaucer.