‖n. (Zool.) A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The infant
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To eject from the stomach; to vomit up. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This color has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
‖a. Same as Pucka. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. Same as Hara-kiri. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. W. E. Griffis. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Spook. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by