Punch

(punch.) [Same der iv.] (Metall, .) A pointed instrument of steel or iron employed in perforating circular holes in metal, wood, card-board, ., whereby a piece of the same is stamped out.-[From Sansk. pan chan, five. The name given to a fancy beverage, originally consisting. as made in India, of 5 ingredients; viz., arrack, tea, sugar, lime-jnice, and water. In Western countries, the term is applied to a compound of raw spirit (brandy, whiskey, rum, or gin) diluted with hot water, sweetened with sugar and flavored with lemon-juice: -in this sense, it takes also the name of toddy.-[A contraction from Punchinello.] The chief character represented in the puppet-show called Punch and Judy, the nature of the performance of which is sufficiently familiar to every one. [s. 742]