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-- Fly powder, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. -- Fly press, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. -- Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. -- Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. -- Fly sheet, a small…

A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]

and collects letters to be mailed. -- Letter cutter, one who engraves letters or letter punches. -- Letter lock, a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of in are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit…

A charmer of women. [Slang] London Punch.

A kind of coarse punch with a rasplike face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.

small quantity; a measured simply. "Modicums of wit." Shak. Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.

Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.

The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein. [R.] Arbuthnot.

A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with." Withals.

A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.

which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set. (e) (Pile Driving)

A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flat end, used for stripping off rivet heads, etc.

ay. If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch.

ffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens. On her large squab you find her spread. Pope.

to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.

. Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett.