See also:

• PUNT (from Lat. ponto, pontoon; connected with pons, bridge)

PUNT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. ponto, See also:

• PONTOON (Fr. ponton, from Lat. pons, a bridge)

pontoon; connected with pons, See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge)  , a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-bottomed See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat, used for shallow See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, and propelled by a See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole, by paddles, or occasionally by sails . Formerly the word was applied to many such flat boats used for ferries, See also:

• BARGES

barges, lighters, &c., but it is now generally confined to a See also:

• LIGHT

light flat boat very See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long in proportion to its width, with square ends, both at See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem and See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow, slightly narrowing from the centre, and propelled by pushing against the bottom of the See also:

• RIVER

river or other See also:

• WATER

water by a long pole . Such boats are much used for See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport or See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure on See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers with shallow and hard gravelly beds; a small See also:

• PUNT (from Lat. ponto, pontoon; connected with pons, bridge)

punt with a mounted See also:

• DUCK

duck See also:

• GUN

gun and propelled by paddles or See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short oars is used for See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild-fowling . A professional puntingchampionship of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England was instituted in 1876, and an See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur championship in 1886 . Etymologically considered, " punt " certainly was adapted from panto, a word used by See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar (See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell. civ. p. iii . 22) of a light See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel for transport in See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul . Later (as by Gallius and See also:

• AUSONIUS, DECIMUS MAGNUS (c. 310-395)

Ausonius) it was also applied to a floating-raft used as a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, a See also:

• PONTOON (Fr. ponton, from Lat. pons, a bridge)

pontoon, and so connected with pons, bridge . There are two other words which must be distinguished from the above . One means, in See also:

• RUGBY

Rugby See also:

• FOOTBALL

football, to catch the See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball in the hands, drop and kick it before it reaches the ground, as distinguished from a " drop-kick," where the kick is given See also:

• HALF

half-volley, as it reaches the ground . This word is probably cognate with " bunt," a See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect word meaning to push, and both represent nasalized forms of the onomatopoeic " put " or . " but." The second, in the substantive " punter," used in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general sense of a gambler or better, originally referred to one who at card See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games such as See also:

• BASSET, or BASSETTE

basset, See also:

• BACCARAT

baccarat, &c., stakes against the See also:

• BANK

bank . Both " punt " and " punter " are to be referred to Fr. ponter, and See also:

• PONCE

ponce, which is usually taken as an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Span. punto, a point .