Hypertext Webster Gateway: "puss"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Puss \Puss\ (p[.u]s), n. [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} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of stout
bombycid moths belonging to {Cerura}, {Harpyia}, and
allied genera, esp. {Harpyia vinuli}, of Europe. The
larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

puss
n 1: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: {cunt}, {pussy}, {slit},
{snatch}, {twat}]
2: informal terms [syn: {kitty}, {kitty-cat}, {pussy}, {pussycat}]


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