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61Hooping — Hoop Hoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooping}.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. [1913 Webster] 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
62Pounce — Pounce, n. [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See {Puncheon}, {Punch}, v. t.] 1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Spenser. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] A pounce to print… …
63Punch — Punch, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting… …
64Punch pliers — Punch Punch, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for… …
65Punch press — Punch Punch, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for… …
66Punchin — Pun chin, n. See {Puncheon}. [1913 Webster] …
67Punction — Punc tion, n. [L. punctio, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick: cf. F. ponction. Cf. {Puncheon}.] A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture. [1913 Webster] …
68Pungent — Pun gent, a. [L. pungens, entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. {Compunction}, {Expunge}, {Poignant}, {Point}, n., {Puncheon}, {Punctilio}, {Punt}, v. t.] 1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking;… …
69Tierce — Tierce, n. [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See {Third}, {Three}, and cf. {Terce}, {Tercet}, {Tertiary}.] 1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty two wine gallons; …
70Tun — Tun, n. [AS. tunne. See {Ton} a weight.] 1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. [1913 Webster] 2. (Brewing) A fermenting vat. [1913 Webster] 3. A certain measure for… …