punitory (punitori)

[ obscure.] A minute dipterous insect common in the A dir on dack region of New York and in the Maine woods, which bites severely and is It has not been determined entomologically, a great nuisance to travelers and sportsmen. but is probably a midge of the genus Cerato pogon. Sandy beaches or gravelly points are liable to swarm with midges or punkies . Sportsman's Gazetteer , p. 642. punnage (pun'āj), n . [ pun2 + -age .] Punning. [Rare.] The man who maintains that he derives gratification from any such chapters of punnage as Hood was in the daily practice of committing to paper should not be credited upon oath. Poe , Marginalia, clxxvii. ( Davies .) punner1 (pun'er), n. [ pun1 + -er1.] One who or that which puns or rams earth into a hole; specifically, a tool for ramming earth. [Eng.] The hole should not be hastily filled up, but ample time be given to the punners to do their share of the work. Preece and Sivewright , Telegraphy, p. 196. punner2 (pun'er), n. [ pun2 +-er1.] One who makes puns; a punster. Swift . punnet (pun'et), n. A small but broad shallow basket for displaying fruit or flowers. punning (pun'ing), n. [Verbal n. of pun2 , v .] The practice practice of making puns. Several worthy gentlemen and critics have applied to me to give my censure of an enormity which has been reviv'd after being long suppre ed, and is call'd punning . Steele, Tatler, No. 32. punning (pun'ing), p.a. [Ppr. of pun2, v.] Given to making puns; exhibiting exhibiting a pun or play on words: as, a punning reply. - Punning arms, in her., same as allusive arms (which see, under arım2 ). "Let no man steal," and "Let the judge cause whoever is convicted of stealing to be hanged." The former punnology (pu-nol'ō-ji), n. [Irreg. pun2 + might be styled a simple imperative law; the other a pun i -- ology .] The art of punning. [Rare.] tory; but the punitory , if it commands the punishment to be inflicted, and does not merely permit it, is as truly imperative as the other; only it is punitory besides, which the other is not. Bentham , Introd. to Morals and Legislation, xix. 2, note. Punjabee, Punjabi (pun-jäʼbē), n. [ Panjabi , panj , five, + ab , water, river.] 1. A native or an inhabitant of the Punjab (or Panjab), literally the country of the five rivers, in extreme northwestern British In dia. punnology. He might have been better instructed in the Greek Pope. (Jodrell.) punquettot, n. [ punk +It. dim.- etto .] Same as punk , 3. [Slang.] Marry, to his cockatrice, or punquetto , half a dozen taffata gowns or satin kirtles in a pair or two of months why, they are nothing. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. punster (pun's ter), n. [ pun2 + -ster.] One who puns or is skilled in punning; a quibbler on words. puntilla Whatever were the bons mots of Cicero, of which few have come down to us, it is certain that Cicero was an inveterate punster; and he seems to have been more ready with them than with repartees. I. D'Israeli, Curios. of Lit., I. 126.