3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put. To put about (Naut.), to change direction; to tack. — To put back (Naut.), to turn back; to return. "The French . . . had put back to Toulon." Southey. — To put forth. (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. "Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth." Bacon. (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. Shak. — To put in (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port. — To put in for. (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share of profits. (b) To go into covert; — said of a bird escaping from a hawk. (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for. Locke. — To put off, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as a ship; to move from the shore. — To put on, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently. — To put over (Naut.), to sail over or across. — To put to sea (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to advance into the ocean. — To put up. (a) To take lodgings; to lodge. (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. L'Estrange. — To put up to, to advance to. [Obs.] "With this he put up to my lord." Swift. — To put up with. (a) To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment, or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or affront. (b) To take without opposition or expressed dissatisfaction; to endure; as, to put up with bad fare.
PUT
Put, n.
1. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball. "A forced put." L'Estrange.
2. A certain game at cards. Young.
3. A privilege which one party buys of another to "put" (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date. [Brokers' Cant] A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price. Johnson's Cyc.
PUT
Put, n. Etym: [OF. pute.]
Defn: A prostitute. [Obs.]
PUTAGE
Pu"tage (; 48), n. Etym: [OF. putage.]
Defn: Prostitution or fornication on the part of a woman.
PUTAMEN
Pu*ta"men, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)