Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
punice .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), R or Obs. A bedbug.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, rare A
bedbug .
Etymologies
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French punaise, from punais stinking, from Latin putere.
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Examples
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_Pinece_ is only a mistaken orthography of _punese_, the old English name of the obnoxious insect our neighbours still call a _punaise_ (see Cotgrave _in voce_).
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_ -- If you rub your bedsteede with squilla stamped with vinaigre, or with the leaves of cedar tree sodden in oil, you shall never feel punese.
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