Puff Ball – Pump
Puff Ball
a fungus of the genus Lycoperdon. They mostly grow on the ground and are roundish, at first firm and fleshy, but afterward powdery within.
Pug Dog
a dwarf variety of the common dog, like a diminutive bull dog.
Puisne
in law, younger or inferior in rank. The several judges and barons of the divisions of the high court of justice other than the chiefs, used to be called puisne judges. a
Pulmobranchiata
an order of naturalists Pulmonata), in which the respiratory organ is a cavity formed by the adhesion of the mantle by its margreater part of them are terrestrial, gin to the neck of the animal. The among these being the snails and slugs. in Lick glass, and ducing artificial respiration. It is used
Pulpit
formerly, a stand from which disputants pronounced their dissertations and authors recited their works; a rostrum. Now, a raised place or desk in a church, from which the preacher delivers his sermon.
Pulque
a vinous beverage, made in Mexico, by fermenting the juice of the various species of the agave. It resembles cider, but has a disagreeable odor, like that of putrid meat.
Pulse
a general name for leguminous plants or their seeds; leguminous plants, such as beans, peas, etc.
Pulsometer
a form of pump for raising water, by the condensation of steam, in a vessel situated at such elevation above the water supply that the atmospheric pressure will raise the water to the chamber and operate the valves.
Pulvermacher Chain
a form of galvanic battery consisting of a series of small wooden cylinders on which a zinc and copper wire are coiled side by side, but without touching each other.
The zinc of one cylinder, touching the copper of the adjacent one, forms with it a couple. The whole is immersed in vinegar diluted with water.
Pumice
a very porous, or cellular, froth-like rock, of extreme lightness, floating on water. In commerce, pumice stone. It is imported from the Lipari Isles, and is used for polishing metals and marble, and smoothing the surface of wood and pasteboard.
Pump
a machine, engine, or device, niston consisting of an arrangement of a piston, cylinder, and valves, for raising water or other liquid to a higher level, or for compressing or exhausting air and other gases.
Pump
a light shoe, or slipper, with a single unwelted sole, and chiefly worn by dancers.