punch1 (punch)

t. [ punch chen, var. of punischen, punish (see punch2 ), also with ME. bunchen, beat, strike (see bunch2 ).] 1. To make a hole or holes in with a punch or some similar instrument; pierce; perforate: as, to punch a metal plate. When I was mortal, my anointed body By thee was punched full of deadly holes. Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. 125. 2. To make with or as with a punch: as, to punch a hole in something. - Punching-and-shearing machine, a machine having both punches and shearing plates connected with the same standard or bed, and with the same driving pulley or motor. - Punching-pre , a die-pre constructed like an ordinary punching-machine. punch1 (punch), n. [ point only, and forcing adjacent parts of the material asunder by a wedge-like action. The action of a punch with a continuous edge inclosing an area is also analogous to the action of a chisel. The action of a flat nosed punch, 8 Punch. a, piece to be punched; p, punch; h, handle; s, support for a, t, tongs. The punch is operated by striking with a hammer or sledge at m. The tongs are usually held in the left hand of the smith, and the handle of the punch in his right hand, his a istant delivering the blows. when used with a die to which it is fitted, is that of a shear-blade, the parts of the material operated upon be ing separated by sliding over each other, instead of being wedged apart, as is the operation of the pointed punch. Hardened and tempered steel is the usual material of which punches are made. Solid punches with engraved faces are used for stamping-dies, as in coining, and with plain flat faces are used in connection with accurately fitted dies for making clean-cut holes in metal plates, and also for punching out blanks for buttons, coins, small gear-wheels, etc. Hollow punches, or punches having continuous edges inclosing an area, are principally used for cutting either very thin, soft sheet-metal, as tin, bra , or copper plates, or other soft flexible substances, as leather, paper, or cloth. The pointed punch is used for marking centers in the operation of turning, or for punching holes in thin materials where clean cutting is of no importance, as in punching holes in sheet-zinc or -tin for the reception of nails in nailing such sheets to wood. 2. A tool used to force nail-heads below the surface.-3. A stone-masons' chipping-tool; a puncheon.-4. In surg., an instrument used for extracting the stumps of teeth.-5. In decor a tive art, a tool in the form of a bar, sometimes fitted with a handle and engraved at the end in a cro , concentric ring, or other device. It is used for impre ing ornamental patterns upon clay or other plastic materials.-6. The engraved model of a printing-type on the end of a steel rod: so called from its being punched in a copper bar which makes the matrix, or a reversed impre ion of the model.-7. In carp., studding by which a roof is supported.-8. In hydraul, eng in., a short length placed on the top of a pile to permit the monkey of a piled river to bear upon it when it has been driven too low to be struck directly; a dolly.-9. In coal - mining, same as pout4. [North. Eng.] Centering punch, a pointed steel punch with parallel sides, sliding freely in the stem of an inverted funnel or centering cone. Č. P. B. Shelley, Workshop Appliances, p. 166. - Coopers' punch, a punch operated by a lever and making two holes at once. It is used to punch rivet holes in iron hoops. - Duplex punch. (a) A punch which has a counter-die on the opposite pan, as in a ticket punch. (b) A punch operated by the rolling action of two levers on one fulcrum, forming a toggle. -Hollow punch. See def. 1. punch2 (punch), v. t. [ Punchyn , or chastysen, puny hen, punio, castigo. Prompt . Parv ., p. 416. For your errours on erthe ze schulle be punched . Alexander and Dindimus, 1. 747. 2. To give a blow, dig, or thrust to; beat with blows of the fist: as, to punch one on the head, or to punch one's head. [Colloq.] With a goade he puncht each furious dame, And made them every one cast downe their greene and leavie speares. Chapman , Iliad, vi. punch Smart chap that cab manhandled his fives well; but if I'd been your friend in the green jemmy- punch his head'cod I would. Dickens , Pickwick Papers, ii. Won't you please punch that fire, and give us more blaze? C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 155. punch2 (punch), n. [ punch3 (punch), a. and n. [Perhaps a var. of bunch; cf. punchy with bunchy.] I. a. Short and fat. [Prov. Eng.] II. n. 1. A short, fat fellow. I... did hear them call their fat child punch , which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. Pepys , Diary, April 30, 1669. 2. A short-legged, barrel-bodied horse, of an English draft-breed. A stout Suffolk punch, about thirteen hands and a half in height. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 119.