puppet play (pupetpla)

1. A dramatic performance with puppets, with or without a dialogue spoken by concealed persons.-2. That kind of performance which is carried on by means of puppets; entertainment by means of marionettes. puppet-player (pup'et-plā"ėr), n. One who manages the motions of puppets. puppetry (pup'et-ri), n. [Formerly also pup etry, popetry; puppy ( pup'i ), n.; pl. puppies (-iz). [Early mod. E. puppie; A blind bitch's puppies , fifteen i' the litter. Shak., M. W. of W., iii. 5. 11. 3. A conceited, frivolous, and impertinent man; a silly young fop or coxcomb: used in contempt. Go, bid your lady seek some fool to fawn on her, Some unexperienc'd puppy to make sport with; I have been her mirth too long. Beau . and Fl ., Little French Lawyer, ii. 3. You busy Puppy , what have you to do with our Laws? Milton , Answer to Salmasius, Pref., p. 15. I am by no means such a puppy as to tell you I am upon sure ground; however, perseverance. Mi Burney , Evelina, lxxvi. 4. A white bowl or buoy used in the herring- fisheries to mark the position of the net near- est the fishing-boat. [Eng.] puppy (pup'i), v . i .; pret. and pp. puppied , ppr. puppying . [ puppy , n .] To bring forth pup- pies; whelp. Also pup . puppy-dog (pup'i-dog), n. A pup or puppy. [Colloq.] Talks as familiarly of roaring lions As maids of thirteen do of puppy - dogs ! Shak ., K. John, ii. 1. 460. puppy-fish (pup'i-fish), n. A selachian, the angel-fish, Squat in a angelus . See cuts under angel- fish and Squat in a . puppy-headed (pup'i-hed"ed), a . Stupid. I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy - headed monster. Shak ., Tempest, ii. 2. 159. puppyhood (pup'i-hud), n. [ puppy + -hood . ] The condition of being a puppy, or the period during which this condition lasts. [ puppy + -ism .] Large dogs "are still in their puppyhood at this time [one year old]." Darwin , Var. of Animals and Plants, i. puppyism (pup'i-izm), n. Conduct becoming a puppy; silly, conceited foppishne ; empty-headed affectation. It is surely more tolerable than precocious puppyism in the Quadrant, whiskered dandyism in Regent-street and Pall-mall, or gallantry in its dotage anywhere. Dickens , Sketches, Characters, i. puppy-snatcht, n. Apparently, a snare. Da vies. It seem'd indifferent to him Whether he did or sink or swim; So he by either means might catch Us Trojans in a Puppy - snatch . pur1, v. and n. See purr1 . pur2t, purr2t, n. Cotton , Scarronides, p. 10. A term of unknown meaning used in the game of post and pair. Some, having lost their double Pare and Post, Make their advantage on the Purrs they haue; Whereby the Winners winnings all are lost, Although, at best, the other's but a knaue. Sir J. Davies , Wittes Pilgrimage, quoted in Masque of [Christmas, by B. Jonson. Post and Pair, with a pair-royal of aces in his hat; his garment all done over with pairs and purs . B. Jonson , Masque of Christmas. pure.