Put

put, v. [put, putting.] To move m any direc- tion,' thrust, push to place, lay, set to cast or throw, as a heavy stone to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, bring to a mental or moral condition, or to the po e ion of an attribute or quality, or into a specided state to place before for judgment, acceptance, or rejection to bring to the attention of esp., to state in language, expre to incite, urge. — To go or move; to steer, direct. — n. An action of distre . (Stock Exchange.) Privilege to deliver shares of stock, at a certain price linger or ink, then, boNboN. chair, get. 478 PUT 460 within a certain time agreed upon; money paid for this privilege. [M.Ejputten, paten (imp. putte, p. p. put, iput); Ga. put, W.pwtio, to pusn; prob. same as Ga. pitc, to push, Ic. poc, a blow, kick; potter, to fu , and pother, q. v.; perh. F. bouter, to thrust, E. buttock, button, abut.] — Put-and-call. (Stock Exchange.) Authority to buy and sell stocks at a certain price. — To put to To distre , pre hard, perplex, give difficulty to.— To be p. to To have difficulty. — Top. about. (Naut.) To change direction, tack. — Top. forth. To shoot, bud, or germinate. —Top. up. To take lodgings, lodge. —Top. up with. To overlook or suffer without recompense, punishment, or resentment; to take without opposition or expre ed di atisfaction. — Put 'log, n. (Arch.) A short piece of timber, on which the § lank s forming the oor of a scaffold are Putlog. laid. — Put'-off, n. A Putlog Putlog holes shift for delay; evasion. Ledger.