pun (1), punn

[PUN (1), v.] A play on words. similar in sound but different in meaning; an expre ion in which two different applications of a verbal quibble or equivocation. Naut. A pipe to convey water from the pump word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of IMG:content-1735.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1736.png:[blocks in formation] sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. 2. Carpentry: punch -pliers (1) Studding used to support a roof. sur (2) A tool for driving nail-heads below the sur face. 3. Dent.: An instrument to extract stumps of teeth. 4. Die - sinking : A hardened piece of steel, with the design projecting from its face, used to make impre ions in the faces of dies. 5. Hydr . Eng .: An extension piece on the end of a pile, when the latter is beyond the stroke of the monkey. 6. Mason .: A stone-mason's chipping-tool. 7. Mining: A timber balk to support the roof of a gallery.