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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Pŭlp'ōŭs-ness, n.p. 1060The quality of being pulpous; softness.
  2. Pŭlp’y, a.p. 1060Like pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or cherry.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Pŭl'sa-tile, a.p. 1060Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating; as, a pulsatile instrument of music.
  6. 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…
  7. Pŭl'sa-tīve, a.p. 1060Beating; throbbing.
  8. Pul-sā'tor, n.p. 1060A beater; a striker. [Obs.]
  9. Pŭl'sa-to-ry, a.p. 1060Capable of pulsating; throbbing. Wotton.
  10. Pŭlse, n.p. 1060(Physiol.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood-vessels, especially of the arteries. It is due to the dilatation and elongation of the elastic walls of the artery, by the action of the…
  11. Pŭlse, v. i.p. 1060To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats. Ray.
  12. Pŭlse, v. t.p. 1060To drive, as the pulse. [Rare.]
  13. Pŭlse, n.p. 1060Leguminous plants, or their seeds; as beans, peas, &c. If all the world Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse. Milton.
  14. Pŭlse'-glāss, n.p. 1060An instrument consisting of a glass tube with terminal bulbs, and containing ether or alcohol, which the heat of the hand causes to boil; — so called from the pulsating motion of the liquid when thus…
  15. Pŭlse'less, a.p. 1060Having no pulsation.
  16. Pūlse'less-ness, n.p. 1060The state of being pulseless; want of pulsation.
  17. Pul-sif'ic, a.p. 1060Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.
  18. Pul-sif'ic, n.p. 1060(Med.) A medicine which excites the pulse, or causes pulsation. Dunglison.
  19. Pul-sim'e-ter, n.p. 1060(Med.) An instrument for measuring the quickness or force of the pulse. Dunglison.
  20. Pŭl'sion, n.p. 1060The act of driving forward;—opposed to suction or traction. [Rare.]
  21. Pŭl'sive, a.p. 1060Tending to compel; compulsatory. [R.] “The pulsive strain of conscience.” Marston.
  22. Pul-tā'ceous, a.p. 1060Macerated; softened; nearly fluid. Beddoes.
  23. Pŭl'tesse or Pŭl'tise, n.p. 1060The same as POULTICE. [Obs.] Holland.
  24. Pā'lu, n.p. 1060A vegetable substance very much like cotton, but shorter and weaker in fiber, more elastic, and yellow in color, produced in the Sandwich Islands from a shrub which grows to the height of fifteen…
  25. Pŭl'ver-a-ble, a.p. 1060Capable of being reduced to fine powder; capable of being pulverized. Boyle.
  26. Pŭl/ver-ā'ceous, a.p. 1060(Bot.) Dusty or powdery on the surface; pulverulent. Gray.
  27. Pŭl'ver-āte, v. t.p. 1060To beat or reduce to powder or dust. [Rare.]
  28. Pŭl'ver-ine, n.p. 1060Ashes of barilla. Ure.
  29. Pŭl'ver-iz'a-ble, a.p. 1060Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable. Barton.
  30. Pŭl'/ver-i-zā'tion, n.p. 1060The act of reducing to dust or powder.
  31. Pŭl'ver-īze, v. t.p. 1060To reduce to fine powder, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.
  32. Pŭl'ver-ize, v. i.p. 1060To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
  33. Pŭl’ver-ōŭs, a.p. 1060Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.
  34. Pul-vĕr'u-lençe, n.p. 1060The state of being pulverulent; abundance of dust or powder; dustiness.
  35. Pul-vĕr'ŭ-lent, a.p. 1060Consisting of fine powder; powdery; dusty. 2. Addicted to lying and rolling in the dust, as fowls. [Rare.]
  36. Pŭl'vil, n.p. 1060A sweet-scented powder. [Obs.] Gay.
  37. Pŭl'vil, v. t.p. 1060To sprinkle with a perfumed powder. [Obs.] Congreve.
  38. Pul-vĭl'ĭ-o or Pul-vĭl'io, n.p. 1060A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used; — often contained in little bags. “Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios.” Addison.
  39. Pŭl'vi-nate or Pŭl'vi-nā'ted, a.p. 1060(Arch.) Enlarged or swelled in any portion of an order, as a frieze. Brande.
  40. Pū'mă, n.p. 1060(Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal (the Felis concolor), of a brownish-yellow color, without spots, the second largest American tiger. It is found from Texas to Patagonia.
  41. Pū'mi-cāte, v. t.p. 1060To make smooth with pumice. [Rare.]
  42. Pŭm'ice, n.p. 1060A substance frequently ejected from volcanoes, of various colors, as gray, white, reddish-brown, or black; hard, rough, and porous; and so light as to float on water. It appears to consist of…
  43. Pu-mī'ceous, a.p. 1060Pertaining to pumice; consisting of pumice, or resembling it.
  44. Pām'īce-stōne, n.p. 1060The same as PUMICE.
  45. Pām'mace, n.p. 1060The same as POMACE. See POMACE.
  46. Pŭm'mel, n. & v. t.p. 1060The same as POMMEL.
  47. Pŭmp, n.p. 1060An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly…
  48. Pŭmp, v. t.p. 1061To raise with a pump, as water. 2. To draw out by artful interrogatories; as, to pump out secrets. 3. To examine by artful questions for the purpose of eliciting secrets from. But pump not me for…
  49. Pŭmp, v. i.p. 1061To work a pump; to raise water with a pump.
  50. Pŭmp'-brāke, n.p. 1061The arm or handle of a pump.
  51. Pŭmp'-dāle, n.p. 1061A long, wooden tube to conduct water from a pump; a waste-pipe. Simmonds.
  52. Pŭmp'er, n.p. 1061One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping.
  53. Pāmp'er-nick'el, n.p. 1061A species of bran bread, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants;—often used as a term of contempt.
  54. Păm'pet-ball, n.p. 1061(Print.) A ball for inking types; a pompet.
  55. Pŭmp'-gēar, n.p. 1061The apparatus belonging to a pump. Totten.
  56. Pāmp'-hōod, n.p. 1061A semi-cylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain-pump.
  57. Pŭmp'ing-ēn'gine, n.p. 1061A steam-engine and pump combined. See STEAM-ENGINE.
  58. Pŭmp'ion, n.p. 1061(Bot.) A plant and its fruit; the pumpkin.
  59. Pŭmp'kin, n.p. 1061(Bot.) A well-known plant and its fruit, the Cucurbita pepo; a pompion. ☞ This is the common orthography of the word, although corrupt.
  60. Pŭmp'-rōom, n.p. 1061A place or room at a mineral spring (especially at Bath, England) for drinking the waters. Simmonds.