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Pun

a play on words, the wit of which depends on a resemblance in sound between two words of different and perhaps contrary meanings, or on the use of the same word in different senses, etc.

Toby, the chief characters in a popular

Punch

with his wife Judy and dog comic puppet show, of Italian origin, the name being modern drama is ascribed to an Italian Neapolitan comedy. The full-grown ng a contraction of Pun Neapolitan modern drama is ascribed to an Italian an comedy. The full-grown Punchicomedian, Silvio Fiorillo, about 1600.

Punch

or the LONDON CHARI- VARI, the chief of English comic journals, a weekly magazine of wit, humor, and satire in prose and verse, illustrated by sketches, caricatures, and emblematic devices. It was founded in 1841, the first number appearing July 17 of that year, under the joint editorship of Henry Mayhew and Mark Lemon .

Pungwe

a river of Portuguese East Africa, forming the principal waterway mouth is situated about 25 miles N. E. delta. mans an

Punic

the language of the Carthaginians. It was ginians. It was an offshoot of the PUNIC, the language of the Carthabranch of the Semitic tongues. offshoot of the

Punishment

a penalty inflicted on ment or application of law. li the N. W. of India, most of it under by a lieutenant-governor, a large por-

Punt

a large, square-built, flata lighter for conveying goods, etc., and propelled by poles. Also, a small, flatbottomed boat, with square ends, used in eral cities and towns: (1) The chief port of Costa Rica on the Pacific. The prin-

Punta Arenas

the name of sevindia-rubber, hides, dye-woods, and tor- (2) A town in Patagonia. cipal export is coffee, and after that toise-shell. Pop. (1916), about 20,000; third stage in the development of an in-

Pupa

or PUPE, in entomology, the sect between the larva and the adult.

Puppet Shows

the performances of images of the human figure moved by fingers, cords, or wires, with or without dialogue.

Purbeck

ISLE OF, a peninsula S. of Dorsetshire, so separated from the mainland on the N. by Poole harbor and the Frome as to be connected with it by only a very narrow isthmus. It is about 12 miles long by 7 miles broad. The prevailing rock is limestone.

Purdue University

a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Lafayette, Ind.; founded in 1874; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 187; students, 2,470; president, W. E. Stone, A. M., LL. D.