pugilist (pujilist)

pugilist a; as pugill + -ist.] fights with his fists. pugilistic (pu-ji-lis'tik), a. Of or pertaining to pugilists or pugilism; relating to boxing or fighting with the fists. Gentlemen of the pugilistic profe ion are exceedingly apt to keep their vital fire burning with the blower up. O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, vi. pugilistically (pū-ji-lis'ti-kal-i), adv. In a pugilistic manner; with reference to pugilism. The record of these gentlemen, like my own, proves that we are, pugilistically speaking, men of peace. The Century , XXXIX. 655. pugil lares (pū-ji-lā'rēz), n. pl. [L. pugil lares (sc. libelli ), or pugil lari a, neut. pl., tablets; also ceræ pugil lares, waxen tablets; pl. of pugil laris, that can be held in the hand: see pugil laris.] In Rom. antiq., writing-tablets. See triptych. pugil lari a, n. pl. See pugil lares. pugil laris (pu-ji-lā -lā'ris), n.; pl. pugil lares (-rez). [ML., L. pugil laris, that can be held in the hand, n. pug -mill hollow iron cylinder, generally set upright, with a revolving shaft in the line of its axis, carrying several knives arranged in a spiral manner round the shaft, with their edges somewhat depre ed. The clay is thrown in at the top of the cylinder, cut and kneaded by the knives in its downward progre , and finally forced out through a hole in the bottom of the cylinder. Pugnaces (pug-nā'sēz), n. pl. [NL., pl. of L. ридпах ( ридnac- ), combative: see pugnacious. ] An old division of domestic dogs, including those notable for their fighting qualities, as mastiff's and bulldogs: distinguished from Cele res and Sagaces. pugnacious (pug-nā'shus), a. [ A furious, pugnacious pope, as Julius II. Barrow , Pope's Supremacy. The mistre of the pugnacious quadruped entered to the rescue. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 33. =Syn. Contentious. pugnaciously (pug-nā'shus-li), adv. [ I like better that entry of truth which cometh peaceably than that which cometh with pugnacity and contention. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 177. Keeping alive a natural pugnacity of character. Motley . pug-nose (pug'nōz'), n . [ pug1 , pug2 , + nose . ] 1. A nose turned upward at the tip like that of the pug-dog; a snub-nose. Then half arose, From beside his toes, His little pug-dog with his little pug - nose . Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 55. 2. The pug-nosed eel. See eel and Simenche lys. pug-nosed (pug'nōzd), a. [