PUEBLO
Pueb"lo, n. Etym: [Sp., a village, L. populus people. See People.]
Defn: A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region. Pueblo Indians (Ethnol.), any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. The principal Pueblo tribes are the Moqui, the Zuñi, the Keran, and the Tewan.
PUEFELLOW
Pue"fel`low, n.
Defn: A pewfellow. [Obs.]
PUER
Pu"er, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning.
Simmonds.
PUERCO
Pu*er"co, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: A hog. Puerco beds (Geol.), a name given to certain strata belonging to the earliest Eocene. They are developed in Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by their mammalian remains.
PUERILE Pu"er*ile, a. Etym: [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F. puéril.]
Defn: Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile
affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. De
Quincey.