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▪ I. pusill, a. and n.1 rare.|ˈpjuːsɪl|
[ad. L. pusillus very small; cf. F. pusil feeble (16th c.).]
†A. adj. Small, insignificant, petty. Obs.
1623Cockeram, Pusill, small. 1640G. Watts tr. Bacon's Adv. Learn. iv. iii. §3 To be enquired, by what efforts such a pusill and a thin-soft aire should put in motion such solid and hard bodies.
B. n.
†1. A variety of pear. Obs.
1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 170 Heere the Plum, the Damsen there The Pusill, and the Katherins peare.
2. A little or weak one, a child. rare—1.
1884Blackmore Tommy Upm. v, He has not doubted to encounter..the foes of the pusill committed to his charge.
Hence † ˈpusillage Obs., littleness, smallness, insignificance; ˈpusilling rare—1 [cf. weakling], a small person, a dwarf.
1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey Author to Wk. 8 Thy abortiue Limbes I rather chose In close concealement from this captious Age To smoother, ay, than rashly thus t'expose..thy Pusilage. 1891Atkinson Last of Giant-Killers 107 Stand out of the way, you pusilling of a dwarf, you.
▪ II. † pusill, n.2
obs. var. of pucelle.
c1610B. Jonson To Fletcher on Faithf. Shepherdess, Lady, or Pusill, that wears mask or fan. 1624Middleton Game at Chess i. i. 282 To invite the like obedience In other pusills by our meek example. |