| slovo | definícia |
puff
(encz) | puff,bafání n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,bafat v: Zdeněk Brož |
puff
(encz) | puff,dýmat v: Zdeněk Brož |
puff
(encz) | puff,fouknout v: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,chomáček n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,lapat po dechu v: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,nadýchnutá látka n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,nadýchnutí n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,nafouknuté pečivo n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,napudrovat v: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,obláček dýmu n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,odfukování n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,pudrovátko n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,supět v: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,tah z cigarety nebo dýmky n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,vycpávka n: Martin M. |
puff
(encz) | puff,vydechnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
puff
(encz) | puff,vydechnutí n: Martin M. |
Puff
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof;
of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.]
1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." --Flatman.
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2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
(a) A puffball.
(b) kind of light pastry.
(c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
with powder.
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3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
one in a public journal.
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Puff adder. (Zool.)
(a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and
allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
the power of greatly distending their bodies when
irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera arietans,
or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming
over four feet long. The plumed puff adder ({Clotho
cornuta}) has a plumelike appendage over each eye.
(b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead,
spreading adder, and blowing adder.
Puff bird (Zool.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family
Bucconid[ae]. They are small birds, usually with
dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
feathers. See Barbet
(b) .
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Puff
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
--South.
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3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
exertion.
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The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
the chase. --L' Estrange.
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4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
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5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
hence, to assume importance.
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Then came brave Glory puffing by. --Herbert.
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Puff
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, v. t.
1. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
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The clearing north will puff the clouds away.
--Dryden.
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2. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
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I puff the prostitute away. --Dryden.
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3. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with
puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
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The sea puffed up with winds. --Shak.
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4. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like;
-- often with up.
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Puffed up with military success. --Jowett
(Thucyd. )
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5. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public
attention to by praises; to praise unduly. " Puffed with
wonderful skill." --Macaulay.
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Puff
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, a.
Puffed up; vain. [R.] --Fanshawe.
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puff
(gcide) | Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
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puff
(wn) | puff
adj 1: gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn:
puff, puffed]
n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: puff, puff of air,
whiff]
2: a light inflated pastry or puff shell
3: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
4: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and
stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort,
puff]
5: a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying
powder to the skin [syn: powderpuff, puff]
6: thick cushion used as a seat [syn: ottoman, pouf,
pouffe, puff, hassock]
7: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on
his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the
smoke slowly" [syn: puff, drag, pull]
8: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his
nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single
puff" [syn: blow, puff]
v 1: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
[syn: puff, whiff]
2: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
cigarette" [syn: puff, drag, draw]
3: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant,
puff, gasp, heave]
4: make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
5: praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway
production" [syn: puff, puff up]
6: speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of
man"
7: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the
drugs"; "puffed out chests" [syn: puff, puff up, {blow
up}, puff out]
8: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff] |
puff
(foldoc) | puff
(The opposite of huff) To decompress data that
has been compressed by Huffman coding. At least one widely
distributed Huffman decoder program was actually *named*
"PUFF", but these days it is usually packaged with the
encoder.
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puff
(jargon) | puff
vt.
To decompress data that has been crunched by Huffman coding. At least one
widely distributed Huffman decoder program was actually named ‘PUFF’, but
these days it is usually packaged with the encoder. Oppose huff, see {
inflate}.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
puff out
(mass) | puff out
- nafúknuť |
puff up
(mass) | puff up
- nafúknuť |
atlantic puffin
(encz) | Atlantic Puffin,papuchalk bělobradý n: [zoo.] pták z čeledi rackovitých,
lat. Fratercula arctica Petr Prášek |
cream puff
(encz) | cream puff,bezvýznamná věc Zdeněk Brož |
giant puffball
(encz) | giant puffball, n: |
hard-skinned puffball
(encz) | hard-skinned puffball, n: |
horned puffin
(encz) | horned puffin, n: |
powder puff
(encz) | powder puff,pudrovátko Zdeněk Brož |
powder-puff
(encz) | powder-puff, adj: |
powderpuff
(encz) | powderpuff,pudrovátko n: Zdeněk Brož |
puff adder
(encz) | puff adder, n: |
puff batter
(encz) | puff batter, n: |
puff of air
(encz) | puff of air, n: |
puff out
(encz) | puff out,nadmout v: Martin M.puff out,nafouknout v: Martin M. |
puff paste
(encz) | puff paste, n: |
puff pastry
(encz) | puff pastry,křehké těsto Zdeněk Brožpuff pastry,lístkové těsto Zdeněk Brož |
puff up
(encz) | puff up,naběhnout v: Martin M.puff up,nafouknout v: Martin M.puff up,otéci v: Martin M.puff up,vychvalovat v: Martin M.puff up,vynášet v: Martin M. |
puffball
(encz) | puffball,pýchavka n: Zdeněk Brož |
puffballs
(encz) | puffballs,pýchavky n: pl. Jirka Daněk |
puffbird
(encz) | puffbird, n: |
puffed
(encz) | puffed,opuchlý adj: Zdeněk Brožpuffed,oteklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
puffed rice
(encz) | puffed rice, n: |
puffed wheat
(encz) | puffed wheat, n: |
puffer
(encz) | puffer,kuřák n: Zdeněk Brožpuffer,potahující osoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
puffer fish
(encz) | puffer fish,čtverzubec n: [zoo.] Pino |
pufferfish
(encz) | pufferfish,ryba fugu n: [zoo.] Ondřej Šeda |
puffery
(encz) | puffery,dryáčnická reklama n: Martin M.puffery,nadýchnutá ozdoba n: Martin M.puffery,volán n: Martin M. |
puffin
(encz) | puffin,druh mořského ptáka n: Zdeněk Brožpuffin,papuchalk n: Roman Kamenický |
puffiness
(encz) | puffiness,oteklost n: Zdeněk Brož |
puffing
(encz) | puffing,šlukování n: Zdeněk Brožpuffing,vyfukování n: Zdeněk Brož |
puffy
(encz) | puffy,oteklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spiny puffer
(encz) | spiny puffer, n: |
stalked puffball
(encz) | stalked puffball, n: |
true puffball
(encz) | true puffball, n: |
tufted puffin
(encz) | tufted puffin, n: |
Bepuffed
(gcide) | Bepuffed \Be*puffed"\, a.
Puffed; praised. --Carlyle.
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Giant puffball
(gcide) | Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
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Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.
Giant clam (Zool.), a bivalve shell of the genus
Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
Giant heron (Zool.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega
goliath}). It is the largest heron known.
Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.
Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.
Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
Giant salamander (Zool.), a very large aquatic salamander
(Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the
largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zool.), one of several species of very large
squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera.
Some are over forty feet long.
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Manx puffin
(gcide) | Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and {sea
parrot}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the
tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
[1913 Webster]Manx shearwater \Manx shearwater\ prop. n. (Zool.),
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or
Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of
shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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Powder puff
(gcide) | Powder \Pow"der\, n. [OE. poudre, pouldre, F. poudre, OF. also
poldre, puldre, L. pulvis, pulveris: cf. pollen fine flour,
mill dust, E. pollen. Cf. Polverine, Pulverize.]
1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced
by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it
falls by decay; dust.
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Grind their bones to powder small. --Shak.
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2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.;
gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
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Atlas powder, Baking powder, etc. See under Atlas,
Baking, etc.
Powder down (Zool.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation, of
powder-down feathers.
Powder-down feather (Zool.), one of a peculiar kind of
modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain
parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a
scaly exfoliation.
Powder-down patch (Zool.), a tuft or patch of powder-down
feathers.
Powder hose, a tube of strong linen, about an inch in
diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines.
--Farrow.
Powder hoy (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry
powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually
painted red and carry a red flag.
Powder magazine, or Powder room. See Magazine, 2.
Powder mine, a mine exploded by gunpowder. See Mine.
Powder monkey (Naut.), a boy formerly employed on war
vessels to carry powder; a powder boy.
Powder post. See Dry rot, under Dry.
Powder puff. See Puff, n.
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Puff
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof;
of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.]
1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." --Flatman.
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2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
(a) A puffball.
(b) kind of light pastry.
(c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
with powder.
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3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
one in a public journal.
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Puff adder. (Zool.)
(a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and
allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
the power of greatly distending their bodies when
irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera arietans,
or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming
over four feet long. The plumed puff adder ({Clotho
cornuta}) has a plumelike appendage over each eye.
(b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead,
spreading adder, and blowing adder.
Puff bird (Zool.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family
Bucconid[ae]. They are small birds, usually with
dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
feathers. See Barbet
(b) .
[1913 Webster]Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
--South.
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3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
exertion.
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The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
the chase. --L' Estrange.
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4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
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5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
hence, to assume importance.
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Then came brave Glory puffing by. --Herbert.
[1913 Webster]Puff \Puff\, v. t.
1. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
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The clearing north will puff the clouds away.
--Dryden.
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2. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
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I puff the prostitute away. --Dryden.
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3. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with
puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
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The sea puffed up with winds. --Shak.
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4. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like;
-- often with up.
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Puffed up with military success. --Jowett
(Thucyd. )
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5. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public
attention to by praises; to praise unduly. " Puffed with
wonderful skill." --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]Puff \Puff\, a.
Puffed up; vain. [R.] --Fanshawe.
[1913 Webster]Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
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Puff adder
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof;
of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.]
1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." --Flatman.
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2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
(a) A puffball.
(b) kind of light pastry.
(c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
with powder.
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3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
one in a public journal.
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Puff adder. (Zool.)
(a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and
allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
the power of greatly distending their bodies when
irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera arietans,
or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming
over four feet long. The plumed puff adder ({Clotho
cornuta}) has a plumelike appendage over each eye.
(b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead,
spreading adder, and blowing adder.
Puff bird (Zool.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family
Bucconid[ae]. They are small birds, usually with
dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
feathers. See Barbet
(b) .
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Puff bird
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof;
of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.]
1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." --Flatman.
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2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
(a) A puffball.
(b) kind of light pastry.
(c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
with powder.
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3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
one in a public journal.
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Puff adder. (Zool.)
(a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and
allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
the power of greatly distending their bodies when
irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera arietans,
or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming
over four feet long. The plumed puff adder ({Clotho
cornuta}) has a plumelike appendage over each eye.
(b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead,
spreading adder, and blowing adder.
Puff bird (Zool.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family
Bucconid[ae]. They are small birds, usually with
dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
feathers. See Barbet
(b) .
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Puffball
(gcide) | Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
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Puffed
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
--South.
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3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
exertion.
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The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
the chase. --L' Estrange.
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4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
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5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
hence, to assume importance.
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Then came brave Glory puffing by. --Herbert.
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Puffer
(gcide) | Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
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2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family
Tetraodontidae; -- called also blower,
puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are
highly poisonous due to the presence of glands
containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin.
Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan,
being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove
the poison glands.
(b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
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4. (Dyeing) A kier.
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Puffery
(gcide) | Puffery \Puff"er*y\, n.
The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
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puff-fish
(gcide) | Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
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2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family
Tetraodontidae; -- called also blower,
puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are
highly poisonous due to the presence of glands
containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin.
Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan,
being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove
the poison glands.
(b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
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4. (Dyeing) A kier.
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Puffin
(gcide) | Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and {sea
parrot}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the
tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
[1913 Webster]
Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
[1913 Webster]Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
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puffin
(gcide) | Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and {sea
parrot}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the
tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
[1913 Webster]Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
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Puffiness
(gcide) | Puffiness \Puff"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being puffy.
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Puffing
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
--South.
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3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
exertion.
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The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
the chase. --L' Estrange.
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4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
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5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
hence, to assume importance.
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Then came brave Glory puffing by. --Herbert.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
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puffing adder
(gcide) | Hognosesnake \Hog"nose`snake"\ (Zool.)
A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon,
esp. Heterodon platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder,
blowing adder, and sand viper.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
[1913 Webster]Adder \Ad"der\, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre,
adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger.
natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.:
cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water
snake. An adder is for a nadder.]
1. A serpent. [Obs.] "The eddre seide to the woman."
--Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The
common European adder is the Vipera berus or {Pelias
berus}. The puff adders of Africa are species of
Clotho.
(b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several
harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder,
etc.
(c) Same as Sea Adder.
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Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several
venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper
(Cerastles).
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Puffing adder
(gcide) | Hognosesnake \Hog"nose`snake"\ (Zool.)
A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon,
esp. Heterodon platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder,
blowing adder, and sand viper.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
[1913 Webster]Adder \Ad"der\, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre,
adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger.
natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.:
cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water
snake. An adder is for a nadder.]
1. A serpent. [Obs.] "The eddre seide to the woman."
--Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The
common European adder is the Vipera berus or {Pelias
berus}. The puff adders of Africa are species of
Clotho.
(b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several
harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder,
etc.
(c) Same as Sea Adder.
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Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several
venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper
(Cerastles).
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puffing adder
(gcide) | Hognosesnake \Hog"nose`snake"\ (Zool.)
A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon,
esp. Heterodon platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder,
blowing adder, and sand viper.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
[1913 Webster]Adder \Ad"der\, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre,
adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger.
natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.:
cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water
snake. An adder is for a nadder.]
1. A serpent. [Obs.] "The eddre seide to the woman."
--Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The
common European adder is the Vipera berus or {Pelias
berus}. The puff adders of Africa are species of
Clotho.
(b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several
harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder,
etc.
(c) Same as Sea Adder.
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Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several
venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper
(Cerastles).
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puffing pig
(gcide) | Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See Pork, and
Fish.]
1. (Zool.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc[ae]na,
especially Phoc[ae]na communis, or {Phoc[ae]na
phoc[ae]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American
species (Phoc[ae]na Americana). The color is dusky or
blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to
the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also
harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and
snuffer.
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2. (Zool.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called
by sailors.
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Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zool.), a North American
porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common
species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the
sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
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