PUNCH, an instrument of iron or steel, used in several arts, for piercing or stamping holes in plates of metals, and other purposes, being so contrived as not only to perforate, but to cut out and take away the piece. The punch is a principal instrument of the metal-button makers, shoe-makers, and other craftsmen.
PUNCH is also a name for a sort of compound drink, much
Puncheon used in this country, and in many parts abroad, particularly in Jamaica, and several other parts of the West Indies.