Puss

pōōs, n. a familiar name for a cat: a hare, in sportsmen's language: a playful name for a child or a girl.— ns. Pu ′-clov′er , the rabbit's foot or stone-clover; Pu ′-gen′tleman , a dandy; Pu ′-moth , a moth of the genus Cerura; Pu ′-tail , a common gra with bristly spikes, belonging to the genus Setaria—also called Foxtail ; Pu ′y , a dim. of pu —also Pu ′y-cat ; Pu ′y-cat , the silky catkin of various willows; Pu ′y-will′ow , a common American willow, Salix discolor , with silky spring catkins.— Pu in the corner , a children's game in which the places are continually being changed, while the player who is out tries to secure one of them. [Dut. poes , pu ; Ir. and Gael. pus , a cat.]