puy a

[Native name (?).] Bot.: A synonym of Pouretia, a genus of Brome liaceae. (Lindley.) Puya chinensis yields an tract used in healing broken bones, and the spike of P. lanuginosa is a transparent gum. *pŭz-zel, subst . [Fr. pucelle a maid.] A dirty slattern; a hu y. pŭz-zle, v. t. & i. [PUZZLE, 8. ] A. Transitive : Paleont.: The typical family of the sub-order Pycnodontoidei. They abound in Mesozoic and Tertiary formations. Chief genera: Pycnodus, Gyrodus, Mesturus. Micro don, Colodus, and Mesodon. pyc-nô-don-toi-de-i, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. pyc nodus , gen it. pycnodont (is), and Gr. eidos =form.] Palæont.: A of Ganoidei, with two families, Pleurolepide and Pycnodontidæ (q.v.). Body compre ed, high and short or oval, covered with rhombic scales arranged in decu ating pleupart the lower jaw molar-like. pyc-nô-dŭs, s. [PYCNODONTES.] 1. To perplex, to embarra , as with a difficult rolepidal lines. Teeth on the palate and hinder question; sometimes, to entangle. 2. To discover with difficulty (followed by out ); as, to puzzle out its meaning. B. In trans.: To be perplexed or at a lo . puzzle, s . [For Mid. Eng. opposaile , opposal = a question for solution, from Fr. opposer =to oppose, to question.] A state of embarra ment or per plexity; that which puzzles; a riddle; a toy or contrivance for exercising the ingenuity.