puppet (pupet)

[Also poppet; early mod. E. popet, This were a popet in an arm tenbrace For any woman, smal and fair of face. Chaucer , Prol. to Sir Thopas, 1. 11. 2. A little figure of a person, moved by the fingers, or by cords or wires, in a mock drama; a marionette. Neither can any man marvel at the play of puppets that goeth behind the curtain, and adviseth well of the motion. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 94. Concerning the peeple, I verily believe ther were never any so far degenerated since the Devill had to do with mankind, never any who did fool and puppifie them selfs into such a perfect slavery and confusion. Howell , Parly of Beasts, p. 29. ( Davies .) puppily (pup'i-li), a. [ This impertinent heart is more troublesome to me than my conscience, I think. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice and roughen my character, to keep up with its puр pily dancings. Richardson, Clari a Harlowe, V. 79. ( Davies .) An obsolete form of pippin2 . puppingt, n. Minsheu. Puppis (pup'is), n. [NL., puppis , a ship, the stern of a ship: see poop1 .] A subdivision of the constellation Argo, introduced by Baily Hence-3. One who is actuated by the will of in the British A ociation Catalogue. another; a tool: used in contempt. Puppet to a father's threat, and servile to a shrewish tongue. Tennyson, Locksley Hall. 4t. pl. Toys; trinkets. A maid makes conscience Of half-a-crown a-week for pins and puppets . Fletcher, Wit without Money, ii. 2. 5. The head-stock or the tail-stock of a lathe. See lathe. puppets (pup'et), v. t. [ Behold thy darling, whom thy soul affects So dearly; whom thy fond indulgence decks And puppets up in soft, in silken weeds.