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Baccarat :: Baccarat (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters..

Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands..

Punt :: Punt (n.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.

Puntil :: Puntil (n.) Alt. of Punte.

Pontee :: Pontee (n.) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet..

Punto :: Punto (n.) A point or hit.

Polyphonist :: Polyphonist (n.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.

Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..

Cochineal :: Cochineal () A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera..

Tuna :: Tuna (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly..

Contrapuntal :: Contrapuntal (a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint..

Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint..

Quant :: Quant (n.) A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.

Punt :: Punt (v. i.) To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble..

Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc..

Punty :: Punty (n.) See Pontee.

Puntel :: Puntel (n.) See Pontee.

Punt :: Punt (n.) The act of punting the ball.

Fascet :: Fascet (n.) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee and punty..

Opuntia :: Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig..

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