Poursuivans d’armes, Fr. See [Pursuivants at arms].
POURSUIVRE, Fr. to pursue.
Poursuivre l’épée dans les reins, Fr. To pursue with unrelenting activity.
POURTOUR, Fr. in architecture, the circumference of any place.
POURVOIR, Fr. to provide, to lay in store, &c.
POURVEYEURS des vivres, Fr. Purveyors.
POUSSER, Fr. to push, to press upon, to drive before you, viz. Pousser aux ennemis; to advance rapidly against the enemy. This expression is used in a neutral sense, and relates chiefly to the operations of cavalry.
Pousser un cheval, Fr. To make a horse go full speed.
POUSSIER, Fr. the dust which remains after the formation of gunpowder into grains.
POUTRE, Fr. a beam.