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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pū'is-sant-ly or Pu·is'sant-ly, adv. p. 1059In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength.Pūi's-sant-ness or Pu-is'sant-ness, n. p. 1059The state or quality of being puissant; puissance; power.Pūit, n. p. 1059A well; a small stream or fountain; a spring. [Obs.] “The puits flowing from the fountain of life.” Bp. Taylor.Pūke, v. i. p. 1059To eject the contents of the stomach; to vomit; to cascade. The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. Shak.Pūke, v. t. p. 1059To eject from the stomach; to vomit; to throw up.Pūke, n. p. 1059A medicine which excites vomiting; a vomit.Pāke, a. p. 1059Of a color between black and russet. Shak. ☞ This has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity.Pūk'er, n. p. 1059One who pukes or vomits. 2. That which causes vomiting. “The puker rue.” Garth.Pŭl'chri-tūde, n. p. 1059That quality of external appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness. Piercing our hearts with thy pulchritude. Chaucer. 2. Hence, graceful and attractive moral…Pīle, v. i. p. 1059To cry like a chicken. Bacon. 2. To cry, as a complaining child; to whimper; to whine. It ill becomes such a gallant to whine and pule. Barrow.Pūl'er, n. p. 1059One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person.Pū'lex, n. p. 1059(Entom.) A genus of parasitic insects, including the flea.Pu'lic, n. p. 1059(Bot.) A plant of the genus Pulicaria; flea-bane.Pū'li-cēne, a. p. 1059Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose.Pŭ'li-cōse' or Pŭ'li-cōus, a. p. 1059Abounding with fleas. [Obs.]Pū'ling, n. p. 1059A cry, as of a chicken; a whining. Leave this faint puling and lament as I do. Shak.Pā'ling-ly, adv. p. 1059With whining or complaint.Pŭlk, n. p. 1059A coward. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 2. A short, fat person. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 3. A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Pulk'ke, n. p. 1059A Laplander's traveling sled or sleigh.Pull, v. t. p. 1059To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one. Never pull your hat upon your brows. Shak. He put forth his hand and pulled the dove in. Gen. viii. 9. 2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend. He hath turned…Pull, v. i. p. 1059To give a pull; to tug; as, to pull at a rope. To pull apart, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope will pull apart. — To pull up, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt.Pull, n. p. 1059The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move by drawing toward one. I awaked with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box. Swift. 2. A contest; a struggle.…Pul'lail, n. p. 1059Poultry. [Obs.] Halliwell.Pull'băck, n. p. 1059That which keeps back, or restrains from proceeding; a drawback.Pul'len, n. p. 1059Poultry. [Obs.] [Written also pullain.] Bailey.Pull'er, n. p. 1059One who pulls.Pūl'let, n. p. 1059A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.Pūl'ley, n. p. 1059(Mach.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a flat…Pul'ley, v. t. p. 1060To raise or lift by means of a pulley. [Rare.] Howell.Pāl'li-cat or Pāl'li-cate, n. p. 1060A kind of silk handkerchief.Pŭl'lu-lāte, v. i. p. 1060To germinate; to bud. [Rare.] Granger.Pŭl'lu-lā'tion, n. p. 1060A germinating or budding; the first shooting of a bud. [Rare.] Henry More.Pŭl'mo-grāde, a. p. 1060(Zoöl.) Moving by the expansion and contraction, or lung-like movement, of the body, especially of the disk, as in the case of the Medusæ. Dana.Pŭl'mo-na-ry, a. p. 1060Pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; as, a pulmonary disease or consumption; the pulmonary artery.Pŭl'mo-na-ry, n. p. 1060(Bot.) A plant; lungwort. Ainsworth.Pŭl'mo-nate, a. p. 1060(Zoöl.) Having organs acting as lungs, as in pulmonate mollusks. Carpenter.Pŭl'mo-ni-brăn'chi-ate, a. p. 1060(Zoöl.) Having the branchiæ formed for breathing air, as mollusks of the genera Limnæa and Planorbis.Pŭl'mo-ni-brăn'chi-ate, n. p. 1060(Zoöl.) One of an order of mollusks having the branchiæ formed for breathing air.Pul-mŏn'ic, a. p. 1060Pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; as, a pulmonic disease; pulmonic consumption.Pul-mŏn'ĭc, n. p. 1060A medicine for diseases of the lungs. 2. One affected by a disease of the lungs; one who has a lung complaint. Arbuthnot.Pŭl'mo-nif'er-ous, a. p. 1060(Zoöl.) Having lungs, or organs acting as lungs; pulmonate.Pŭlp, n. p. 1060A 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…Pŭlp, v. t. p. 1060To 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…Pŭl'pa-tōon', n. p. 1060A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit. [Obs.] Nares.Pŭlp'i-ness, n. p. 1060The state of being pulpy.Pŭl'pit, n. p. 1060(Rom. Theater.) The front part of the stage, where the actors performed their parts. 2. An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the preacher stands;—called also desk; hence…Pul'pit, a. p. 1060Of, or pertaining to, the pulpit; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.Pul'-pit-eer', n. p. 1060One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; — so called in contempt. We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson.Pul-pit'ic-al, a. p. 1060Pertaining to, or suited to, the pulpit. [Rare.]Pul-pit'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1060In a manner suited to the pulpit, or to a preacher. [Rare.]Pul'pit-ish, a. p. 1060Pertaining to or like the pulpit, or its performance. Chalmers.Pul'pit-ry, n. p. 1060The teaching of the pulpit. [Obs. and rare.] “Mere pulpitry.” Milton.Pŭlp'ōus, a. p. 1060Consisting of pulp, or resembling it; soft, like pap. The red streak's pulpous fruit, With gold irradiate, and vermilion shines. Philips.Pŭlp'ōŭs-ness, n. p. 1060The quality of being pulpous; softness.Pŭlp’y, a. p. 1060Like pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or cherry.Pūl'que, n. p. 1060A refreshing drink with slightly intoxicating qualities, much used by the Mexicans, and extracted from the maguey, or Agave Americana. Prescott.Pŭl'sāte, v. i. p. 1060To beat or throb; to beat, as the heart. The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. Darwin.Pŭl'sa-tile, a. p. 1060Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating; as, a pulsatile instrument of music.Pul-sā'tion, n. p. 1060The act of beating or throbbing, as of the heart and blood-vessels. 2. A beat or throb. 3. A stroke by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds. 4. (Law.) Any touching of…Pŭl'sa-tīve, a. p. 1060Beating; throbbing.