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Webster 1913 Edition
Puss
Puss
(pụs)
, Noun.
[Cf. D.
poes
, Ir. & Gael. pus
.] 1.
A cat; – a fondling appellation.
2.
A hare; – so called by sportsmen.
Puss in the corner
, a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one.
– Puss moth
(Zool.)
, any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to
Cerura
, Harpyia
, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli
, of Europe. The larvæ are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.Webster 1828 Edition
Puss
PUSS
, n.1.
The fondling name of a cat.2.
The sportsman's name for a hare.