punicelt

t. An obsolete form of punish. punice2t, puneset, n. [Also puny (see puny2 ); His flea, his morpion, and punese , He 'ad gotten for his proper ease. S. Butler , Hudibras, III. i. 433. puniceous (pū-nish'ius), a . [L. puniceus , reddish, purple, Punicus , Cart hag in i an, Phenic i an. Cf. Gr. φοῖνιξ , red, purple: see Phenic i an . ] With that he drew a lancet in his rage To puncture the still supplicating sage. Garth, Dispensary, vi. Punctured work, in masonry , a kind of rustic stonework in which the face is ornamented with series of holes. puncture le (pungk'tūr-les), a . [ puncture + -le .] In entom ., without punctures; smooth. punctus (pungkʼtus), n .; pl. punctus . [ML., punctus , a point: see point1 .] In medieval mu sical notation : ( a ) Anote. ( b ) A dot or point, however used. pund (pund), n. A dialectal variant of pound1. [Scotch and North. Eng.]