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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Dim. of

puss

A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.

A catkin of the pussy willow.

The game of tipcat; – also called

pussy cat

Pussy willow

(Bot.)

any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American

Salix discolor

; – called also

glaucous willow

, and

swamp willow

Adj.

See

[Colloq. or Low]

Adj.

Properly, inflated, swelled; hence, fat, short and thick; and as persons of this make labor in respiration, the word is used for short breathed.