puna (pona)

[Peruv.] In the Peruvian Andes, nearly the same as paramo. Tschudi says that by the name of puna is designated the high table-land in Peru and Bolivia lying between the two great chains of the Cordillera, beginning at an elevation of about 10,500 feet above the sea-level, and extend ing to the regions of eternal snow. J. D. Whitney, Names and Places, p. 196. punatoo (pun-a-tö'), n. [Cingalese.] In Ceylon, the preserved pulp of the fruit of the palmyra palm. It is the chief food of the poorer cla es of the peninsula of Jaffna for several months of the year, and is used in soups, etc. puna-wind (pö'nä-wind), n. A cold and remarkably dry wind which blows from the Cordilleras acro the table-land called the Puna, pump-well (pump'wel), n . 1. A well from which water or other fluid is raised by means of a pump.-2. Naut . , a compartment formed by bulkheads round the pumps on shipboard, to keep them clear of obstructions, to protect them from injury, and to afford ready admit-in Peru. tance for examining their condition. pumyt, n. [A quasi-sing. form of pumice , taken as plural: see pumice. Cf. pumice -stone.) A pebble; a stone. [Rare.] IMG:content-1303.png:[blocks in formation]