Porpentine

Quick meaning: Porpentine is a noun meaning (archaic) Porcupine.

Meaning

(archaic) Porcupine.

Example Sentences

[T]hese wordes of his moue me as much, / As if a Goose should play the Porpintine, / And dart her plumes, thinking to pierce my brest, […]

Odd that he [Hamlet's ghost] should have said porpentine when he meant porcupine. Slip of the tongue, no doubt, as so often happens with ghosts.

I could a Tale vnfold, vvhoſe lighteſt vvord / VVould harrovv vp thy ſoule, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy tvvo eyes like Starres, ſtart from their Spheres, / Thy knotty and combined locks to part, / And each particular haire to ſtand an end, / Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine: […]

Word Forms

• porpentines
• porpintine

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fretful, perpyne, pincher, porkling, pumpion, quill.

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