Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
pew . - To chirp or cry like a bird; make a sound like this word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To make a low
whistling sound ; tochirp , as birds.
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Examples
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Then the people in the galleries come down and march two abreast, "up one ile and down the other," passing before the desk, where in a long "pue" sit the elders and deacons.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various
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This somewhat profane-sounding restriction they heeded, and the Haverhill maids occupied their undamnifying "pue" unmolested.
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Miriam Wildbore "as she sat in her" pue "at meeting.
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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"Va pue '" they would say, meaning ok, its all good.
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CUARESMA - Trascendental en la vida de todos los mexicanos que profesan la fe católica y de una manera muy especial en el pue ... read more exploring-tourism
Holy Week and Easter 2007
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Moins classieuse quand meme et qui pue le poisson mais spa graaaaaaaave!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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CUARESMA - Trascendental en la vida de todos los mexicanos que profesan la fe católica y de una manera muy especial en el pue ... read more exploring-tourism
Holy Week and Easter 2007
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J'ai pris ca parce que tres peu de gens y travaille (chez les jeunes) parce que ca pue et tout ca parait ingrat du coup peu de gens veut dire: Bien payé, Evolution rapide etc ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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Even your body guards like pierre le pue are chipping in with their foolish childish nothing comments.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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For Talorthane ..... peppy le pue made the comment about alchohol because he is an idiot and can only refer to Scots in the one way he feels comfortable, thus displaying his bigoted and tedious view of an entire people, thats the extent of the mentality we are talking about here.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
ecbrenner commented on the word pue
"Power usage effectiveness...a calculation used to determine energy efficiency measurements. PUE is calculated by measuring the ratio of total energy consumption -— the combination of servers plus the cooling to 'useful' energy consumption (just servers)." --Webopedia
May 16, 2009
rolig commented on the word pue
stinky jargon
May 16, 2009