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Pulp

Pŭlp, n.

noun

n. [Fr. pulpe, Lat. & Sp. pulpa, It. polpa.] A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter; as, (a.) The soft substance within a bone; marrow. Bacon. (b.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of an orange. (c.) The aril or exterior covering of a coffee-berry. Edwards. (d.) The material of which paper is made, &c.

Pŭlp, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PULPED (pŭlpt); p. pr. & vb. n. PULPING.] 1. To make into pulp; to reduce to pulp. 2. To deprive of the pulp or integument, as the coffee-berry.

The other mode is to pulp the coffee immediately as it comes from the tree. By a simple machine a man will pulp a bushel in a minute. Edwards.