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puncheon


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puncheon  \Punch"eon\,  n.  [F.  poin[,c]on  awl,  bodkin,  crown, 
  king-post,  fr  L.  punctio  a  pricking,  fr  pungere  to  prick. 
  See  {Pungent},  and  cf  {Punch}  a  tool,  {Punction}.] 
  1.  A  figured  stamp,  die,  or  punch,  used  by  goldsmiths, 
  cutlers,  etc 
 
  2.  (Carp.)  A  short,  upright  piece  of  timber  in  framing;  a 
  short  post  an  intermediate  stud.  --Oxf.  Gloss. 
 
  3.  A  split  log  or  heavy  slab  with  the  face  smoothed;  as  a 
  floor  made  of  puncheons.  [U.S.]  --Bartlett. 
 
  4.  [F.  poin[,c]on,  perh.  the  same  as  poin[,c]on  an  awl.]  A 
  cask  containing,  sometimes  84,  sometimes  120,  gallons. 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Puncheon,  KY 
  Zip  code(s):  41828