v. t. [ Obs. ] See Impugn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn. ] To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. expugnabilis. ] Capable of being expugned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. expugnatio. ] The act of taking by assault; conquest. [ R. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who expugns. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impugned p. pr. & vb. n. Impugning. ] [ OE. impugnen, F. impugner, fr. L. impugnare; in on, against + pugnare to flight. See Pugnacious. ] To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose; as, to impugn a person's integrity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The truth hereof I will not rashly impugn, or overboldly affirm. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being impugned; that may be gainsaid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. impugnatio: cf. OF. impugnation. ] Act of impugning; opposition; attack. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A perpetual impugnation and self-conflict. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who impugns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inexpugnabilis: cf. F. inexpugnable. See In- not, and Expugnable. ] Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable; unconquerable. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fortress, inexpugnable by the arts of war. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to be inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Oppugned p. pr. & vb. n. Oppugning. ] [ OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see Ob-) + pugnare to fight. See Impugn. ] To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist. [ 1913 Webster ]

They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Oppugnant. ] The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. oppugnans, p. pr. of oppugnare. See Oppugn. ] Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring. “Oppugnant forces.” I. Taylor. -- n. An opponent. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. oppugnatio: cf. OF. oppugnation. ] Opposition. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. propugnare; pro for + pugnare to fight. ] To contend for; to defend; to vindicate. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. propugnaculum. ] A fortress. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. propugnatio. ] Means of defense; defense. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A defender; a vindicator. “Zealous propugners.” Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pug mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pug mill, a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pugged p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging. ] [ Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck. ] 1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A name for a monkey. [ Colloq. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A name for a fox. [ Prov. Eng. ] C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [ Obs. ] Lyly. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A prostitute. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Zool.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Zool.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. pag foot. ] A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Puggry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To pucker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Puckered. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pug, v. t. ] 1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thieving. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Written also puggaree, puggeree, etc. ] [ Hind. pag&rsdot_;i turban. ] A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun. [ India ] Yule.

A blue-gray felt hat with a gold puggaree. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

interj. Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pugillus, pugillum, a handful, akin to pugnus the fist. ] As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pugil a pugilist, boxer, akin to pugnus the fist. Cf. Pugnacious, Fist. ] The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pugil. ] One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to pugillism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist. ] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --Pug*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Pug*na"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pugnacitas: cf. F. pugnacité. ] Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. “ A national pugnacity of character.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- Pug"-nosed` a. [1913 Webster]

Pug-nose eel (Zool.), a deep-water marine eel (Simenchelys parasiticus) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of the halibut. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious. ] To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being repugned or resisted. [ R. ] Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. répugnance, L. repugnantia. ] The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the foes quietly cut their throats,
Without repugnancy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn. ] Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ His sword ] repugnant to command. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. Perkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a repugnant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From L. repugnare. See Repugn. ] To oppose; to fight against. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who repugns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Self-contradictory; inconsistent. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Solifugae. -- n. One of the Solifugae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Solifugae. ] (Zool.) Same as Solifugae. [ 1913 Webster ]