\Puss\ (p[.u]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.]
1. A cat; -- a fondling appellation.

2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.

{Puss in the corner}, a game in which all the players but one
   occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open
   air, and exchange places, the one without a corner
   endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving
   some other without one.

{Puss moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of stout
   bombycid moths belonging to {Cerura}, {Harpyia}, and
   allied genera, esp. {Harpyia vinuli}, of Europe. The
   larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.