*Puke*, _verb_ (Winchester).—To vomit. [A survival.]
*Puker*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—A good-for-nothing.
*Pulling-out*, _subs._ (Charterhouse: obsolete).—PULLING-OUT took place on Good Fridays. A line was marked from a corner of green to cloisters. On one side of this line stood the first and second forms, _i.e._ the Uppers, on the other side of it the Unders. The Unders had the right of calling on any unpopular Upper to run the gauntlet between two rows of Unders from cloister doors to a point near the chapel. They armed themselves with implements of all kinds, such as sticks, or stones fastened into stockings, with which to inflict punishment upon the Uppers. The latter naturally resisted; hence there were fierce fights and dangerous rushes. During the PULLING-OUT of 1824, a little fellow called Howard, a younger son of the Earl of Suffolk, was entangled in one of these rushes, dragged along the ground for some distance, with a mass of boys upon him, and received injuries from which he died soon after. This was the end of PULLING-OUT, but the custom was as old as the school.—MOZLEY. Also CALLING-OUT.
*Pulpiteers*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot.
1891. WRENCH, _Word-Book_, s.v. _Pulpiteers_. An arrangement during Cloister-time of Sixth Book and Senior Part V. going up to books together.... Middle and Junior Part taken together were called Cloisters.
*Pun*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Punishment. Also as _verb_. Hence PUN-PAPER = specially ruled paper for PUNS and impositions.
TO PUN OUT, _verb. phr._ (Christ’s Hospital).—To inform against. _Ex._ “I’ll PUN OUT”; “I’ll PUN you OUT.” Exclusively a London term: at Hertford the word is simply TO PUN, or TO PUN OF.
*Punny*, _subs._ (Manchester Grammar).—Punishment School or Drill: also known as P.S. and P.D.: both cause detention for three-quarters of an hour after school.
*Punt*, _verb_ (Rugby).—To kick the ball (at football) before it touches the ground.
*Punt-about*, _subs._ (Rugby).—The practice-ball: at football. Also a practice game.
1856. HUGHES, _Tom Brown’s School-days_, I. v. He hadn’t long to wonder, however, for next minute East cried out, “Hurra! here’s the PUNT-ABOUT,—come along and try your hand at a kick.” The PUNT-ABOUT is the practice-ball, which is just brought out and kicked about anyhow from one boy to another before callings-over and dinner, and at other odd times.