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To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. Halliwell.

her of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region. Pueblo Indians (Ethnol.), any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. The principal Pueblo tribes are the Moqui, the Zuñi, the Keran, and the Tewan.

A pewfellow. [Obs.]

The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning. Simmonds.

A hog. Puerco beds (Geol.), a name given to certain strata belonging to the earliest Eocene. They are developed in Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by their mammalian remains.

; childish; trifling; silly. The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. De Quincey.

In a puerile manner; childishly.

The quality of being puerile; puerility.

The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness. Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.

Bearing children. [R.]

The pewit.

See Spew.

Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879.

One who is conversant with, or who favors adoption of, Volapük.

Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple. -- Ba"by*ish*ly, adv. -- Ba"by*ish*ness, n.

A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).

Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile. A boyish, odd conceit. Baillie.

An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. L. H. Morgan.

A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof.