cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pomp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒmp/
ipa: /ˈpɑːmp/
rhymes: -ɒmp
Forms: form: pomps
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English pomp, pompe, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”).
The verb is derived from Middle English pompen, from pomp, pompe (see above).
Senses: examples: text: 'Tis a gross visible errour, which Tertullian teaches in his Book of Idolatry cap. 18. That all the marks of Dignity and Power, and all the ornaments annexed to Office, are forbid Christians, and that Jesus Christ hath plac'd all these things amongst the pomps of the Devil, since he himself appeared in a condition so far from all pomp and splendour.
ref: 1698, Pierre Nicole, “A person of quality”, in Moral Essayes, Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties., volume I, page 95:
text: The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: In its pomp Victoria had 17 platforms, but many of the through platforms were demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the Manchester Arena.
ref: 2019 November 6, “1901 tramcar joins Manchester Victoria celebrations”, in Rail, page 25:
glosses: Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
examples: text: […] a more beautiful expression of joy and thanksgiving than could have been exhibited by all the pomps of a Roman triumph.
ref: 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian:
glosses: A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
Derived terms: in one's pomp
outpomp
pomp and circumstance
pompless
Related terms: pompous
pomposity
hypnopompic
pomp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒmp/
ipa: /ˈpɑːmp/
rhymes: -ɒmp
Forms: form: pomps
form: pomping
form: pomped
form: pomped
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English pomp, pompe, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”).
The verb is derived from Middle English pompen, from pomp, pompe (see above).
Senses: examples: text: pomp'd for those hard trifles
ref: a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
glosses: To make a pompous display.
Derived terms: pomp up
pomp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒmp/
ipa: /ˈpɑːmp/
rhymes: -ɒmp
Forms: form: pomps
form: pomping
form: pomped
form: pomped
Etymology: From Middle English pompen. Possibly an alteration of pampen (English pamp), from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”).
Senses: glosses: To pamper.
ponce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒns/
rhymes: -ɒns
Forms: form: ponces
Etymology: Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).
Senses: glosses: A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
Synonym of kept man.
synonyms: word: kept man
glosses: A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.
synonyms: word: pimp
extra: especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver
examples: text: Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I'm gonna have that? You really think I'm gonna have that, ya ponce.
ref: 2000, Sexy Beast (motion picture), spoken by Don Logan (Ben Kingsley):
glosses: Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man.
synonyms: word: poof
extra: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man
Synonyms: sense: kept man
word: cicisbeo
sense: kept man
word: sugar baby
sense: pimp
word: fleshmonger
word: hustler
word: mack
word: pimp
sense: effeminate gay man
word: fairy
word: nelly
word: gay man
sense: effeminate man
word: cockney
word: girlyman
word: quiche-eater
word: effeminate man
Derived terms: ponce wheel
poncy
ponce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒns/
rhymes: -ɒns
Forms: form: ponces
form: poncing
form: ponced
form: ponced
Etymology: Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).
Senses: glosses: To act as a pimp.
glosses: To try to get rid of or sell something.
glosses: To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.
glosses: To cadge.
examples: text: The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins.
ref: 1992, Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide:
glosses: To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.
Synonyms: sense: to act as a pimp
word: hustle
word: whore out
word: pimp out
ponce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒns/
rhymes: -ɒns
Forms: form: ponces
Etymology: From French panse (“belly”).
Senses: examples: text: STUFFED "PONCE"
1 small hog ponce
3 lbs . ground pork
1 large bell pepper, chopped
1 large onion head chopped
[…]
ref: 1973, Mercedes Vidrine, Louisiana Lagniappe, Claitor's Law Books and Publishing, →ISBN, page 23:
text: […] before Escoffier and the five mother sauces, even before Brillat-Savarin, French Acadian cooks in South Louisiana kitchens prepared ponce.
ref: 2016, George Graham, Acadiana Table: Cajun and Creole Home Cooking from the Heart of Louisiana, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 258:
glosses: The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).
poplin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒplɪn/
Forms: form: poplins
Etymology: An alteration (taken as related to Pope) of French papeline, a distortion of Poperinge, a town in Flanders which was a centre for textile production.
Senses: glosses: A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.
Synonyms: bengaline
Derived terms: Irish poplin
popper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒp.ə/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈpɑ.pəɹ/
note: of Canada
ipa: [ˈpɑ.pɚ]
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈpɒp.əɹ/
note: of the US
ipa: [ˈpɒp.ɚ]
ipa: /ˈpɔp.ə/
rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
homophone: pauper (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: poppers
Etymology: Genericized trademark of Popper (“a brand name”), an Australian juice brand owned by Queensland United Foods. First attested in 1978.
Senses: examples: text: Again buy your own food - for lunch you get some tomato, some Jambon Fume (proscuitto) and a baguette along with some poppers and your^([sic]) have a feast.
ref: 1997 September 5, Richard Harrowell, “Advice on Skiing Europe”, in aus.snow (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of juice box.
synonyms: word: juice box
posit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒzɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɑzɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɔzɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɒzət/
ipa: [ˈpɔ̟zət]
rhymes: -ɒzɪt
Forms: form: posits
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Sense 3 (type of number format) was coined by American computer scientist and businessman John Gustafson in 2017.
Senses: glosses: Something that is posited; a postulate.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of position.
examples: text: With their new hardware implementation, which was synthesized in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), the Complutense team was able to compare computations done using 32-bit floats and 32-bit posits side by side.
ref: 2022 September 25, Dina Genkina, “Posits, a New Kind of Number, Improves the Math of AI”, in IEEE Spectrum, New York, N.Y.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.
posit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒzɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɑzɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɔzɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɒzət/
ipa: [ˈpɔ̟zət]
rhymes: -ɒzɪt
Forms: form: posits
form: positing
form: posited
form: posited
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Sense 3 (type of number format) was coined by American computer scientist and businessman John Gustafson in 2017.
Senses: examples: text: some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.
ref: 1908, ARISTOTLE, translated by W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 5:
coordinate_terms: assert
glosses: To assume the existence of; to postulate.
examples: text: Ray's natural theology posited that God was responsible for the near-perfect match between an animal and its environment and encouraged readers to seek evidence for God through the study of nature.
ref: 2023, Tim Birkhead, Birds and Us, Penguin Books, page 193:
glosses: To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
examples: text: Among many Indians, however, an exonormative view, which even today posits British English as the target model, appears to be firmly in place.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 113:
glosses: To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
Derived terms: positer
positor
prepositor
superposit
unposited
posy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊzi/
ipa: /ˈpoʊzi/
rhymes: -əʊzi
Forms: form: posies
Etymology: Syncopic form of poesy (“poetry”).
Senses: examples: text: And I will make thee beds of roses, / And a thousand fragrant posies;
ref: c. 1587, Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love:
text: 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay.
examples: text: Is this a Prologue, or the Poeſie of a Ring?
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 267, column 2:
glosses: A verse of poetry, especially a motto or an inscription on a ring.
Derived terms: posied
posy ring
posy sniffer
Related terms: nosegay
corsage
bouquet
precis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsi
Forms: form: precis
form: preces
form: precises
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of précis.
precis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪsi
Forms: form: precises
form: precising
form: precised
form: precised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of précis.
preen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: preens
form: prin
Etymology: From Middle English pren, from Old English prēon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (compare Icelandic prjónn (“pin, knitting-needle”), Danish pryne (“needle, eel-spear”)), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (“protrusion, tip, edge”) (compare Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”), Albanian brez (“belt, girdle”)). Cognate with German Pfriem.
The verb is from Middle English prenen, from pren (“a preen”), akin to German pfriemen.
Senses: glosses: A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
examples: text: She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; […]
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: A pin.
glosses: A bodkin; brooch.
preen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: preens
form: preening
form: preened
form: preened
form: prin
Etymology: From Middle English pren, from Old English prēon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (compare Icelandic prjónn (“pin, knitting-needle”), Danish pryne (“needle, eel-spear”)), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (“protrusion, tip, edge”) (compare Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”), Albanian brez (“belt, girdle”)). Cognate with German Pfriem.
The verb is from Middle English prenen, from pren (“a preen”), akin to German pfriemen.
Senses: glosses: To pin; fasten.
Derived terms: preen oil
prexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛksi/
rhymes: -ɛksi
homophone: prexie
Forms: form: prexies
Etymology: From earlier prex + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Irving Green, prexy of Mercury Records, described the development and perfection of stereo as “a man-sized job.”
ref: 1957 December 30, Ren Grevatt, “Concensus Tabs Stereo Disk Still in Research Stage: Diskery and Phono Toppers Sound Tempering Notes of Caution”, in Billboard, page 43:
text: Stanford University's new president, angered by what he calls a "journalistic atrocity," wants student financial support withdrawn from the Stanford Daily.
ref: 1970, "Stanford prexy asks cut in paper support", (Ellensburg, Washington) Daily Record (UPI), 8 October 1970, vol. 70, no. 238, p. 3 //news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19701008&id=LJpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jksDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5140,393692
glosses: A president, especially of a college or university.
preyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹeɪ.(j)ə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: preyers
Etymology: From prey + -er.
Senses: synonyms: predator
plunderer
waster
devourer
glosses: One who, or that which, preys
primp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪmp/
rhymes: -ɪmp
Forms: form: primps
form: primping
form: primped
form: primped
Etymology: 16th century, a variant of prim.
Senses: examples: text: "Then I promise I'll let you take your bath and primp all day for your date."
ref: 2001, Jo-Ann Mapson, Bad Girl Creek:
glosses: To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror.
examples: text: Tonight, Moses was the center of attraction, attended to by a dozen Green Berets who prepped and primped him like a stage crew fluttering about a Hollywood star.
ref: 2013, Douglas Waller, Commandos: The Making Of America's Secrets:
glosses: To dress in an affected manner.
Derived terms: primp up
Related terms: preen
prim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪm/
ipa: [pʰɹ̠̊ɪm]
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: primmer
form: primmest
Etymology: Of uncertain origin.
In the verb sense, first appeared in Thomas D'Urfey's A Fool's Preferment in the year 1688.
In the noun sense, first appeared in A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew in the year 1699, meaning "prig." Now obsolete.
In the adjective sense, first appeared in Sir Richard Steele's The Funeral in the year 1702, meaning "consciously or affectedly strict or precise; stiffly formal and respectable."
Oxford English Dictionary proposed a relation with primp and prink. Chiefly Scottish and U.S.
Senses: examples: text: Philemon was in great Surprize,⁠
And hardly could believe his Eyes,
Amaz’d to ſee her look ſo prim;
And ſhe admir’d as much at him.
ref: 1708, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 8:
text: God damn it, what does she want of me, this sad, beautiful bridgeplayer of the Fifth Floor, with her air of lost love and her prim carnality?
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
text: And although Paul shares an apartment with his prim wife, aptly named Prudence, they rarely see or speak to each other.
ref: 2024 October 24, Judith Shulevitz, “Michel Houellebecq Has Some Fresh Predictions. Be Afraid.”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Of a person, their manner or appearance: Formal and precise; stiffly decorous.
glosses: Of a person: Prudish; straight-laced.
examples: text: prim regularity
glosses: Of things: Neat; trim.
Derived terms: prim and proper
prissy
prim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪm/
ipa: [pʰɹ̠̊ɪm]
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: prims
form: primming
form: primmed
form: primmed
Etymology: Of uncertain origin.
In the verb sense, first appeared in Thomas D'Urfey's A Fool's Preferment in the year 1688.
In the noun sense, first appeared in A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew in the year 1699, meaning "prig." Now obsolete.
In the adjective sense, first appeared in Sir Richard Steele's The Funeral in the year 1702, meaning "consciously or affectedly strict or precise; stiffly formal and respectable."
Oxford English Dictionary proposed a relation with primp and prink. Chiefly Scottish and U.S.
Senses: info_templates: extra_data: words: up
expansion: [with up]
glosses: To make one's expression prim.
glosses: To give a prim or demure expression to (one's face, mouth, or (rare) lips).
info_templates: extra_data: words: up
out
expansion: [with up or out]
glosses: To dress (one) up affectedly or demurely.
prim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪm/
ipa: [pʰɹ̠̊ɪm]
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: prims
Etymology: Of uncertain origin.
In the verb sense, first appeared in Thomas D'Urfey's A Fool's Preferment in the year 1688.
In the noun sense, first appeared in A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew in the year 1699, meaning "prig." Now obsolete.
In the adjective sense, first appeared in Sir Richard Steele's The Funeral in the year 1702, meaning "consciously or affectedly strict or precise; stiffly formal and respectable."
Oxford English Dictionary proposed a relation with primp and prink. Chiefly Scottish and U.S.
Senses: glosses: A prim person.
Related terms: primp
prim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪm/
ipa: [pʰɹ̠̊ɪm]
rhymes: -ɪm
Etymology: Unknown; see privet.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: privet
prizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: prizers
Etymology: From prize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who places a high value on something.
examples: text: But value dwells not in particular will; / It holds his estimate and dignity / As well wherein 'tis precious of itself / As in the prizer.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 57:
glosses: One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.
examples: text: Why would you be so fond to overcome / The bonny prizer of the humorous Duke?
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], line 8:
text: Appeareth no man yet to answer the prizer?
ref: 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii:
glosses: One who contends for a prize; a prizefighter; a challenger.
propyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹoʊpəl/
Forms: form: propyls
Etymology: From the chemical prefix propyl-, from propylic or directly from earlier French propylique, from prop(ionique) + -yle + -ique, where -yle, as in French méthylène, is from ὕλη (húlē, “wood, substance”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₃H₇, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Derived terms: aminopropyl
amprolium
chloropropyl
cyanopropyl
diisopropylphenyl
dipropyl
dipropylethyne
dipropyltryptamine
emepronium
hydroxypropyl
iopromide
isopropyl
meprobamate
meprylcaine
mercaptopropyl
pergolide
prajmaline
pramipexole
profadol
proflazepam
propicillin
propidene
propyl alcohol
propylamine
propylamphetamine
propylbenzene
propylcarbinol
propylhexedrine
propyliodone
propylketobemidone
propylparaben
propylthiouracil
reproterol
sulfopropyl
thiopropyl
trifluoropropyl
valproic acid
Related terms: propylic
proser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosers
Etymology: From prose + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who writes prose.
glosses: One who talks or writes tediously.
prow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaʊ/
ipa: /pɹoʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: prows
Etymology: From Middle French proue, proe, from Ligurian prua, proa, from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra).
Senses: examples: text: The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.
ref: 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
text: We were already rather close in; but I ordered the U-33's prow turned inshore and we crept slowly along, constantly dipping up the water and tasting it to assure ourselves that we didn't get outside the fresh-water current.
ref: 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: bow
stem
fore
forestem
prore
antonyms: stern
aft
poop
glosses: The front part of a vessel.
glosses: A vessel.
prow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaʊ/
ipa: /pɹoʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: prower
form: prowest
Etymology: From Middle English prow, from Old French prou, from Late Latin prode; more at proud.
Senses: examples: text: For they be two the prowest knights on ground, / And oft approu’d in many hard assay […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Brave, valiant, gallant.
Related terms: prowess
prow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaʊ/
ipa: /pɹoʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: prows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proa.
prower
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of prow: more prow
puddly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌd.l̩.i/
Forms: form: puddlier
form: puddliest
Etymology: From puddle + -y.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul.
pueblo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpwɛ.bləʊ/
ipa: /ˈpwɛ.bloʊ/
Forms: form: pueblos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.
Senses: examples: text: The Spaniards took over whole pueblos, and the indians^([sic]) were taxed, enslaved, and tortured.
ref: 1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 290:
text: ‘And their flats and houses?’ Jane pointed to a custer of executive villas in the pueblo style.
ref: 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 17:
glosses: A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.
Derived terms: Grasshopper Pueblo
Santo Domingo Pueblo
Taos Pueblo
Zuni Pueblo
puffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌfɪn/
rhymes: -ʌfɪn
Forms: form: puffins
Etymology: From Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff + -ing, or perhaps ultimately from Middle Cornish (compare Breton poc'han (“puffin”)).
Senses: glosses: The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
examples: text: Naturally the Chickies and the Gooverooskies and the Epatkas—the Burgomaster Gulls and the Kittiwakes and the Puffins, who are always looking for a chance to be rude—took up the cry, and—so Limmershin told me—for nearly five minutes you could not have heard a gun fired on Walrus Islet.
ref: 1894 May, Rudyard Kipling, “The White Seal”, in The Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published June 1894, →OCLC, page 110:
synonyms: word: pope
word: sea-parrot
glosses: The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
glosses: A puffball.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Fratercula arctica
word: Atlantic puffin
taxonomic: Fratercula arctica
word: common puffin
taxonomic: Fratercula cirrhata
word: crested puffin
taxonomic: Fratercula corniculata
word: horned puffin
word: puffin crossing
word: puffinet
word: puffinry
word: puffling
taxonomic: Fratercula cirrhata
word: tufted puffin
Related terms: fraterculine
pug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭg
ipa: /pʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: pugs
Etymology: Acronym of pickup group.
Senses: topics: games
gaming
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of PuG (“a group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).
pug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭg
ipa: /pʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: pugs
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Hindi पग (pag, “step; (less common) foot; leg”), from Old Hindi पगु (pagu), from Sanskrit पद्ग (padga), from पद् (pad, “step; foot”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step; to walk; to fall; to stumble”)) + ग (ga, stem at the ends of compounds denoting going or moving) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: [T]here were the broad, deep puggs of a tiger, up and down the nullah, in the dry sand, near the water's edge, of all ages, from the week, perhaps, up to the unmistakeable fresh puggs of last night.
ref: 1851 July, Captain Hardbargain [pseudonym], “A Jungle Recollection”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XLIV, number CCLIX, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC, page 19, column 2:
text: The goat has a square pug with blunt points to his toes, which are always held apart. The sheep's pug is more like that of the boar, being longer than the goat's. […] The boar's pug is distinguished from that of the sow by being much wider in the heel, and having the toes more open, and the rudimentary toes marking the ground more widely apart.
ref: 1889, R[obert] S[tephenson] S[myth] Baden-Powell, “Rearing Pig”, in Pigsticking or Hoghunting. […], London: Harrison & Sons, […], →OCLC, § 27, page 55:
text: [D]istinct pugs are found in the dust that surrounds the small swimming-pool which, like amniotic fluid, steeps the guests at their own body temperature. The host is not surprised; it has happened before: the lionesses must have come down to quench their thirst their feasting had given them.
ref: 1991, Nadine Gordimer, “Spoils”, in Jump and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 174:
glosses: The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.
Derived terms: pugmark
Related terms: puggy
pug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭg
ipa: /pʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: pugs
form: pugging
form: pugged
form: pugged
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Hindi पग (pag, “step; (less common) foot; leg”), from Old Hindi पगु (pagu), from Sanskrit पद्ग (padga), from पद् (pad, “step; foot”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step; to walk; to fall; to stumble”)) + ग (ga, stem at the ends of compounds denoting going or moving) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Wishing to track a good boar that had got away through some thick cover, we called up the headman of the beat (a man lent to us by a friend) and asked him if he could pug. He was a havildar (sergeant) of police. He replied, 'That is my regular business, sahib; of course I can pug. My work is pugging criminals.'
ref: 1889, R[obert] S[tephenson] S[myth] Baden-Powell, “Rearing Pig”, in Pigsticking or Hoghunting. […], London: Harrison & Sons, […], →OCLC, § 27, page 57:
glosses: To track (an animal) by following pawprints; also (by extension) to track (a person) by following footprints.
pug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭg
ipa: /pʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: pugs
Etymology: Clipping of pugilist.
Senses: examples: text: Anyhow I found myself facin' the pug, seein' bright red, and inclined to fight a dozen. I didn't last for more than one round—my game leg cramped me, I suppose. I got one or two on his ugly face, and then I suppose I took a knock-out.
ref: 1924 July, John Buchan, “Sir Archibald Roylance Puts His Foot in It”, in The Three Hostages, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 212:
text: He [Maxie Rosenbloom] never trained for his characters either: with his slurred speech and disfigured mug he usually portrayed a punch-drunk ex-pug or comic tough guy, roles in which he was a natural.
ref: 1988, Ken Blady, “‘Slapsie’ Maxie Rosenbloom: ‘The Harlem Harlequin’: Light Heavyweight Champion of the World (1930–1935)”, in The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame, New York, N.Y.: Shapolsky Publishers, →ISBN, page 226:
glosses: Clipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”).
pug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭg
ipa: /pʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: pugs
form: pugging
form: pugged
form: pugged
Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly:
* related to southern Dutch puggen (“to hit hard”), German pucken (“to beat, thump”), possibly ultimately imitative; or
* related to poke (verb).
It is also uncertain whether the various senses are derived from the same source.
The origin of the noun is also uncertain; it is probably related to the verb.
Senses: examples: text: Agosh! I long to try a bout / With zom o' Burdett's rabble rout; / I'd quickly pug their guts: / I'd gee mun zich a lammin [i.e., violent] lick, / I'd make mun of elections zick; / I'd gee mun all the butts.
ref: 1812, Peter Pindar [pseudonym; John Wolcot], “The Middlesex Election; or, Poetical Epistles, in the Devonshire Dialect, by Mr. Joseph Budge, in London, to Lord Rolle, at Weymouth”, in The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. […], new edition, volume IV, London: […] J[ohn] Walker, G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, G. Robinson, […]; and G. Goulding and Co. […], →OCLC, page 442:
glosses: To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
examples: text: Forbid it Venus! From the venal Fair / Snatch every charm, to Hay convert her Locks; / Pug up her nose, and pug-like make her stare; / And pit her pimpled visage with small-pox.
ref: 1812, Peter Pindar [pseudonym; John Wolcot], “Lord Auckland’s Triumph; or, The Death of Crim. Con. A Pair of Prophetic Odes. Elegy to a Friend.”, in The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. […], new edition, volume IV, London: […] J[ohn] Walker, G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, G. Robinson, […]; and G. Goulding and Co. […], →OCLC, page 312:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
examples: text: to pug clay ready for shaping
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
qualifier: pottery
glosses: To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
glosses: Of cattle, etc.: to trample (the ground, a place, etc.) until it becomes muddy and soft; to poach.
glosses: To pack or tamp (something) into a small space.
glosses: To pack or tamp into a small space.
Derived terms: word: pugged
word: pugging
word: puggle
pug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭg
ipa: /pʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: pugs
Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly:
* related to southern Dutch puggen (“to hit hard”), German pucken (“to beat, thump”), possibly ultimately imitative; or
* related to poke (verb).
It is also uncertain whether the various senses are derived from the same source.
The origin of the noun is also uncertain; it is probably related to the verb.
Senses: examples: text: A brickfield certainly is not the place for girls and young women to work in; […] the work they have too, at least those who are pug-bearers, often causes indecency; they have to stoop down to the ground to pick the pug up from the bottom of the mill; at all events, they ought to have their clothes tied around them, indeed, the respectable young women usually have. I do not think there is any ill-treatment of the children as there used to be; they often get a bit of pug thrown at them, but they are not hit about with the hand or the "slice."
ref: 1866, Mr. Dean, witness, “Children’s Employment Commission (1862). Fifth Report of the Commissioners, […]. [Appendix to Fifth Report. Reports and Evidence of Assistant Commissioners. Evidence on Brickfields.—By Mr. H. W. Lord.]”, in Reports from Commissioners: […] (No. 3678), volume XXIV, London: […] George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, […] for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, →OCLC, paragraph 40, page 143, column 1:
text: The walls of the house were built of "pug," which means simply well-pounded mud, and has the disadvantage of refusing to adhere firmly to the frames of doors and casements, so that the banging of either, in windy weather, is apt to bring large pieces of the material crumbling down, and the house never looks tidy.
ref: 1872, Mrs. Edward Millett, chapter III, in An Australian Parsonage; or, The Settler and the Savage in Western Australia, London: Edward Stanford, […], →OCLC, page 55:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).
Derived terms: pug and pine
pugger
puggy
pugmill
pug mill
pug soil
pug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭg
ipa: /pʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: pugs
form: pugging
form: pugged
form: pugged
Etymology: Origin unknown; sense 1.2 (“to spoil (something) by touching too much”) is possibly influenced by pug (verb, noun) (see etymology 5) or puggy.
Senses: examples: text: George pugg'd clover in the forenoon.
ref: 1717 April 10 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Edward Turner, quoting [the anonymous diarist], “The Marchant Diary”, in Sussex Archaeological Collections, […], volume XIII (2nd Series; volume XXV overall), Lewes, Sussex: George P. Bacon for the Sussex Archaeological Society, published 1873, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 180:
text: Nae thing was prosperin’ there and thrivin’, / But tirlin’ roofs and rafter-rivin’, / And pullin’ down and puggin’; […]
ref: [1827, M. W. T. [i.e., William Tennant], “Sang Saxt [Song Sixth]”, in Papistry Storm’d; or, The Dingin’ Down o’ the Cathedral. […] (in Scots), Edinburgh: […] Oliver and Boyd, […], →OCLC, page 211:
english: Nothing was prospering there and thriving, / But tirling [stripping] roofs and rafter-riving [rending], / And pulling down and pugging; […]
translation: Nothing was prospering there and thriving, / But tirling [stripping] roofs and rafter-riving [rending], / And pulling down and pugging; […]
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text: Now, surry [sir], where be you coming scoating [sliding] to with that 'orse? Pug your right rein a bit, and give we some room.
ref: 1875, A. Porson, “Dialogues in which Some of These Expressions Occur”, in Notes of Quaint Words and Sayings in the Dialect of South Worcestershire, Oxford, Oxfordshire; London: James Parker and Co. […], →OCLC, paragraph 56, page 29:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To pull or tug (something).
examples: text: ["B]e sure not to wet it up too much; make it into twelve doughboys" (dumplings). / "I'm so heavy-handed," Jane remarked at this point, "I always spoil that sort of cookery." / "Tell about heavy-handed!" cried Betsy; "I'll answer for it, I'll soon put you in the way of being light-handed! You only want to learn to handle things without pugging and pawing them about too much."
ref: 1885, E. Cruwys Sharland, chapter IV, in Ways and Means in a Devonshire Village. A Book for Mothers’ Meetings. […], London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, page 55:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To spoil (something) by touching too much.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Followed by at: to pull or tug.
pug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭg
ipa: /pʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: pugs
Etymology: From Late Middle English pugge (“husk of grain”); further etymology unknown, possibly related to pug (verb) (see etymology 5). However, the latter is only attested much later.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
construction
lifestyle
manufacturing
qualifier: Southwest England
glosses: The residue left after pressing apples for cider; pomace.
examples: text: Radiſh ſeed vvould vvillingly be ſovvne in a looſe or light ground, and natherleſſe moiſt enough: it cannot abide danke mucke, but contenteth it ſelfe vvith rotten chaffe or pugs, and ſuch like plaine mullock.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XIX.] Garden Plants, Their Natures, Kinds, and Severall Histories.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 17:
text: The pugg, i.e. the refuſe corne left at winnowinge.
ref: [a. 1640 (date written), John Smyth, “[Phrases and Proverbs of Speach Proper to This Hundred]”, in John MacLean, editor, The Berkeley Manuscripts: A Description of the Hundred of Berkeley in the County of Gloucester and of Its Inhabitants, volume III, Gloucester, Gloucestershire: […] John Bellows for the subscribers, published 1885, →OCLC, page 25:
topics: agriculture
business
construction
lifestyle
manufacturing
glosses: Often in the plural: the husks and other refuse removed from grain by winnowing; chaff.
punner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: punners
Etymology: From pun + -er.
Senses: glosses: A punster.
punter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌn.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʌn.tɚ/
ipa: [pʰʌ̃ːɾ̃ɚ]
rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: punters
Etymology: From punt + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rows or poles a punt (pontoon).
punter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌn.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʌn.tɚ/
ipa: [pʰʌ̃ːɾ̃ɚ]
rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: punters
Etymology: From punt + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who punts a football.
examples: text: Punters generate hundreds of information inquiries to a legitimate user's client, such as invitations to chat. […] The user is punted from the channel, and must rejoin to gain access.
ref: 2001, Roger A. Grimes, Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows, page 236:
glosses: A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
punter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌn.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpʌn.tɚ/
ipa: [pʰʌ̃ːɾ̃ɚ]
rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: punters
Etymology: From punt + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who bets (punts) against the bank.
examples: text: […] and having only peeped into a play-room at Baden-Baden when he hung on Dobbin's arm, and where, of course, he was not permitted to gamble, came eagerly to this part of the entertainment and hankered round the tables where the croupiers and the punters were at work.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 574:
text: By Savernake the train was 4½min early; we then had the thrill of sweeping through Newbury at 95 m.p.h.—and one wonders if any of the punters on the neighbouring racecourse had any eyes for our flying cavalcade as we swept by, for it was a race day—[…].
ref: 1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 387:
text: Punters know the house usually wins, but most have no idea that bookies sharpen their edge via something called “stake factoring”, the process by which winning customers are dialled down, while losers are allowed to bet more.
ref: 2022 February 19, Rob Davies, “Revealed: how bookies clamp down on successful gamblers and exploit the rest”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: One who gambles or bets.
examples: text: She's working the streets like she does every night / Pulling in punters left and right
ref: 2007, “Suzanne”, in Paint it Blacker, performed by Plan B:
text: Everybody knows your mum is a whore / Getting 'round Piccadilly looking for willy / Punters pull up and say "don't be silly"
ref: 2016 March 7, “Road Rage (Freestyle)”, performed by Little T (Josh Tate):
text: The number of UK pubs is falling and there is less consensus about how punters should behave. Here’s a guide to getting the most out of a trip to the boozer[.]
ref: 2018 June 6, Tony Naylor, “The new rules of pub etiquette: don't flirt with bar staff or steal the glasses”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: pubgoer
word: pubber
word: ;
word: all-nighter
word: curb crawler
word: fare
word: gonk
word: jane
word: Jane
word: jockey
word: john
word: kerb crawler
word: monger
word: muttonmonger
word: punter
word: score
word: short-timer
word: steamer
word: trick
word: wapping cove
word: whoremaster
word: whoremonger
glosses: A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A beginner or unskilled climber.
glosses: The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
examples: text: He had stolen 'trannies' (transistor radios) and hub caps from cars outside the main hotels in Glasgow, turning the collection into money through dealing with a 'punter' at Charing Cross.
ref: 2013, James Patrick, A Glasgow Gang Observed:
glosses: A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
pupate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pupates
form: pupating
form: pupated
form: pupated
Etymology: From pupa + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To become a pupa.
purine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjʊəɹiːn/
Forms: form: purines
Etymology: Borrowed from German Purin.
Senses: examples: text: 1982, Ray A. Field, Mechanically Deboned Red Meat, C. O. Chichester, George Franklin Stewart, Advances in Food Research, Volume 27, page 67,
Clifford et al. (1976) investigated the metabolism of individual purines and found that adenine, and to a lesser extent hypoxanthine, had pronounced effects on blood uric acid levels. The purine content of foods, in particular adenine, would therefore be of immense nutritional significance.
text: For example, for purine-pyrimidine and for pyrimidine-purine base steps the presence of purines on opposite strands in successive base pairs sterically restricts the conformations that these base pairs can adopt relative to each other.
ref: 1993, Andrew Travers, DNA-Protein Interactions, page 6:
text: The discovery that certain pyrazolopyrimidine nucleobases and nucleosides, analogs of naturally occurring purines, are toxic to Leishmania, coupled with the obligatory nature of the leishmanial purine salvage pathway, has spawned considerable interest in the purine salvage pathway as a drug target.
ref: 2008, Hemanta K. Majumder, Drug Targets in Kinetoplastid Parasites, page 142:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
Derived terms: alkylpurine
aminopurine
antipurine
azapurine
azathioprine
cyclopurine
deazapurine
homopurine
mercaptopurine
methylpurine
nonpurine
oligopurine
oxypurine
polypurine
purinergic
purinic
thiopurine
Related terms: adenine
guanine
hypoxanthine
xanthine
uric acid
purl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜːl/
ipa: [pʰəːɫ]
ipa: /pɝl/
ipa: [pʰɝɫ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
homophone: pearl
Forms: form: purls
Etymology: Unknown; apparently related to Scots and dialect pirl (“twist, ripple, whirl, spin”), and possibly to Older Scots pyrl ("thrust or poke at"). Compare Venetan pirlo, an embellishment where the woven threads are twisted together. May be unrelated to purfle, though the meanings are similar.
Senses: glosses: A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
glosses: The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
examples: text: A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl.
ref: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
glosses: An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
purl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜːl/
ipa: [pʰəːɫ]
ipa: /pɝl/
ipa: [pʰɝɫ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
homophone: pearl
Forms: form: purls
form: purling
form: purled
form: purled
Etymology: Unknown; apparently related to Scots and dialect pirl (“twist, ripple, whirl, spin”), and possibly to Older Scots pyrl ("thrust or poke at"). Compare Venetan pirlo, an embellishment where the woven threads are twisted together. May be unrelated to purfle, though the meanings are similar.
Senses: examples: text: Needlework purled with gold.
glosses: To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
examples: text: Knit one, purl two.
text: Stockinette fabric is created by knitting the right-side rows and purling the wrong-side rows.
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.
purl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜːl/
ipa: [pʰəːɫ]
ipa: /pɝl/
ipa: [pʰɝɫ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
homophone: pearl
Forms: form: purls
Etymology: from Middle English pirle (“whirligig”), Middle Italian pirla (“whipping top”).
Senses: glosses: a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
purl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜːl/
ipa: [pʰəːɫ]
ipa: /pɝl/
ipa: [pʰɝɫ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
homophone: pearl
Forms: form: purls
form: purling
form: purled
form: purled
Etymology: from Middle English pirle (“whirligig”), Middle Italian pirla (“whipping top”).
Senses: examples: text: The huntsman was purled from his horse.
glosses: To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
Related terms: purler