pursy

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pursy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pursy \Pur"sy\, a. [OF. pourcif, poulsif, poussif, fr. pousser
     to push, thrust, heave, OF. also poulser: cf. F. pousse the
     heaves, asthma. See Push.]
     Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with
     pampering; as, pursy insolence. --Shak.
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           Pursy important he sat him down.         --Sir W. Scot.
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pursy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pursy
      adj 1: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown,
             pursy, short-winded, winded]