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PUNCH . (I) To See also:

PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

pierce, perforate, make a hole or See also:

STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

stamp a See also:

mark, &c., with a See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool known as a " puncheon " or " punch." The verb is derived from the substantive; the See also:

ORIGINAL

original is See also:

Lat. punctio, a pricking, from pungere, to prick. This gave Ital. punzone, O. Fr. poinson, mod. poincon. Both these See also:

French forms mean also a cask, from which the See also:

ENGLISH

English "puncheon," a liquid measure varying in capacity from 72 to 120 gallons is taken. This is probably the same word as that for the tool, and refers to a mark or sign stamped or " punched " on the cask. The origin may therefore be paralleled by the explanation of " See also:

HOGSHEAD

hogshead " as referring to a mark of an " oxhead " branded on the measure. (2) To See also:

BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat or See also:

hit, especially in such colloquialisms, as " to punch one's See also:

head." This is not the same word as (I) but is a shortened See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " punish," from Lat. punire, of which the ultimate origin is poena, See also:

PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty, from which is derived " See also:

pain." (3) The name of a drink, composed of See also:

SPIRITS

spirits, See also:

WATER

water, sliced lemons or limes, or See also:

lemon-juice, together with See also:

SUGAR

sugar and spice, and served hot. According to the spirit with which it is made, it is known as See also:

BRANDY

brandy, See also:

WHISKY, or WHISKEY

whisky, See also:

rum punch, &c. See also:

MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

Milk-punch is made of milk and spirit, bottled and served See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold. The word is the English representative of the See also:

Hindostani punch, five (from the number of ingredients), and was introduced from the See also:

East.

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