n. [ From the American Indian name. ] (Bot.) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of
a. [ F., fr. puce a flea, L. pulex, pulicis. ] Of a dark brown or brownish purple color. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Pucelle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] Virginity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. LL. pulicella, fr. L. pullus a young animal. See Pullet. ] A maid; a virgin.
Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
La Pucelle,
n. [ F., from puce a flea. See Puce. ] (Zool.) Any plant louse, or aphis. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ So named from the Pucher Mine, in Saxony. ] (Min.) Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. pūki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug. ]
He meeteth Puck, whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖a.
It's pukka famine, by the looks of it. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]