Chapter 1234

Pulp (?) , n. [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F. pulpe .] A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically: (a) (Anat.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth. (b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape . (c) The exterior part of a coffee berry . B. Edwards . (d) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.

Pulp <Xpage=1161>

Pulp , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pulped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping .] 1. To reduce to pulp.

2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument.

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. B. Edwards.

Pulpatoon <Xpage=1161>

Pul`pa*toon" (?) , n. [F. poulpeton , poupeton , a sort of ragout.] A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit. [Obs.]

Nares.

Pulpiness <Xpage=1161>

Pulp"i*ness (?) , n. the quality or state of being pulpy.

Pulpit <Xpage=1161>

Pul"pit (?) , n. [L. pulpitum : cf. OF. pulpite , F. pulpitre .]

1. An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.

I stand like a clerk in my pulpit . Chaucer.

2. The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.

I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. Cowper.

3. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.

<-- 4. (Fig.) An office or condition of public prominence in which a person can gain wide public attention, thereby permitting him to exhort the public on moral or political matters. "The presidency is a bully pulpit." -->

Pulpit <Xpage=1161>

Pul"pit , a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.

Pulpited <Xpage=1161>

Pul"pit*ed (?) , a. Placed in a pulpit. [R.]

Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine. Milton.

Pulpiteer <Xpage=1161>

Pul*pit*eer" (?) , n. One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt.

Howell.

We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer . Prof. Wilson.

Pulpiter <Xpage=1161>

Pul"pit*er (?) , n. A preacher. [Obs.]

Pulpitical <Xpage=1161>

Pul*pit"ic*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] -- Pul*pit"ic*al*ly , adv. [R.]

Chesterfield.

Pulpitish <Xpage=1161>

Pul"pit*ish (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching.

Chalmers.

Pulpitry <Xpage=1161>

Pul"pit*ry (?) , n. The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] " Mere pulpitry ."

Milton.

Pulpous <Xpage=1161>

Pulp"ous (?) , a. [L. pulposus : cf. F. pulpeux . See Pulp .] Containing pulp; pulpy. " Pulpous fruit." J. Philips . -- Pulp"ous*ness , n.

Pulpy <Xpage=1161>

Pulp"y (?) , n. Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry.

Pulque <Xpage=1161>

Pul"que (?) , n. [Sp.] An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave .

Pulsate <Xpage=1161>

Pul"sate (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pulsated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulsating .] [L. pulsatus , p. p. of pulsare to beat, strike, v. intens. fr. pellere to beat, strike, drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pulse , v. ] To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. E. Darwin.

Pulsatile <Xpage=1161>

Pul"sa*tile (?) , a. [Cf. It. pulsatile , Sp. pulsatil .] 1. Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument .

2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.

Pulsatilla <Xpage=1161>

Pul`sa*til"la (?) , n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone . Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla , Anemone pratensis , and Anemone patens , are used medicinally.

Pulsation <Xpage=1161>

Pul*sa"tion (?) , n. [L. pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. F. pulsation .] 1. (Physiol.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.

2. A single beat or throb of a series.

3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.

4. (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery .

By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. Blackstone.

Pulsative <Xpage=1161>

Pul"sa*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. pulsatif .] Beating; throbbing.

Pulsator <Xpage=1161>

Pul*sa"tor (?) , n. [L.] 1. A beater; a striker.

2. (Mech.) That which beats or throbs in working.

Pulsatory <Xpage=1161>

Pul"sa*to*ry (?) , a. [Cf. F. pulsatoire .] Capable of pulsating; throbbing.

Sir H. Wotton. .

Pulse <Xpage=1161>

Pulse (?) , n. [OE. puls , L. puls , pultis , a thick pap or pottage made of meal, pulse, etc. See Poultice , and cf. Pousse .] Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

If all the world Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse. Milton.

Pulse <Xpage=1161>

Pulse , n. [OE. pous , OF. pous , F. pouls , fr. L. pulsus (sc. venarum ), the beating of the pulse, the pulse, from pellere , pulsum , to beat, strike; cf. Gr. <?/ to swing, shake, <?/ to shake. Cf. Appeal , Compel , Impel , Push .] 1. (Physiol.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.

&hand; In an artery the pulse is due to the expansion and contraction of the elastic walls of the artery by the action of the heart upon the column of blood in the arterial system. On the commencement of the diastole of the ventricle, the semilunar valves are closed, and the aorta recoils by its elasticity so as to force part of its contents into the vessels farther onwards. These, in turn, as they already contain a certain quantity of blood, expand, recover by an elastic recoil, and transmit the movement with diminished intensity. Thus a series of movements, gradually diminishing in intensity, pass along the arterial system (see the Note under Heart ). For the sake of convenience, the radial artery at the wrist is generally chosen to detect the precise character of the pulse. The pulse rate varies with age, position, sex, stature, physical and psychical influences, etc.

2. Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.

The measured pulse of racing oars. Tennyson.

When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke. Burke.

Pulse glass , an instrument consisting to 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 warmed. Pulse wave (Physiol.) , the wave of increased pressure started by the ventricular systole, radiating from the semilunar valves over the arterial system, and gradually disappearing in the smaller branches.

the pulse wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second. H. N. Martin.

-- To feel one's pulse . (a) To ascertain, by the sense of feeling, the condition of the arterial pulse. (b) Hence, to sound one's opinion; to try to discover one's mind. <-- = to take the pulse of -->

Pulse <Xpage=1161>

Pulse , v. i. To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.

Ray.

Pulse <Xpage=1161>

Pulse , v. t. [See Pulsate , Pulse a beating.] To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate. [R.]

Pulseless <Xpage=1161>

Pulse"less , a. Having no pulsation; lifeless.

Pulselessness <Xpage=1161>

Pulse"less*ness , n. The state of being pulseless.

Pulsific <Xpage=1161>

Pul*sif"ic (?) , a. [ Pulse + L. facere to make.] Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.

Pulsimeter <Xpage=1161>

Pul*sim"e*ter (?) , n. [ Pulse + -meter .] (Physiol.) A sphygmograph.

Pulsion <Xpage=1161>

Pul"sion (?) , n. [L. pulsio , fr. pellere , pulsum , to drive: cf. F. pulsion .] The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to suction or traction . [R.]

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Pulsive <Xpage=1162>

Pul"sive (?) , a. Tending to compel; compulsory. [R.] "The pulsive strain of conscience."

Marston.

Pulsometer <Xpage=1162>

Pul*som"e*ter (?) , n. [ Pulse + -meter .]

1. A device, with valves, for raising water by steam, partly by atmospheric pressure, and partly by the direct action of the steam on the water, without the intervention of a piston; -- also called vacuum pump . <-- sounds like a steam aspirator, perhaps with other attachments. No figure. "vacuum pump" is usu. reserved for a mechanical device to create a vacuum, nothing to do with raising water. -->

2. A pulsimeter.

Pult <Xpage=1162>

Pult (?) , v. t. To put. [Obs.]

Piers Plowman.

Pultaceous <Xpage=1162>

Pul*ta"ceous (?) , a. [Cf. F. pultac\'82 . See 1st Pulse .] Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.

Pultesse, Pultise <Xpage=1162>

Pul"tesse (?) , Pul"tise (?) , n. Poultry. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Pulu <Xpage=1162>

Pu"lu (?) , n. A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium , chiefly C. Menziesii ; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent.

Purverable <Xpage=1162>

Pur"ver*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being reduced to fine powder.

Boyle.

Pulveraceous <Xpage=1162>

Pul`ver*a"ceous (?) , a. (Bot.) Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent.

Pulverate <Xpage=1162>

Pul"ver*ate (?) , v. t. [L. pulveratus , p. p. of pulverare to pulverize. See Pulverize .] To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize. [R.]

Pulverine <Xpage=1162>

Pul"ver*ine (?) , n. [L. pulvis , pulveris , dust, powder; cf. F. pulv\'82rin .] Ashes of barilla.

Ure.

Pulverizable <Xpage=1162>

Pul"ver*i`za*ble (?) , a. Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable.

Barton.

Pulverization <Xpage=1162>

Pul`ver*i*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. pulv\'82risation .] The action of reducing to dust or powder.

Pulverize <Xpage=1162>

Pul"ver*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pulverized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing (?) .] [F. pulv\'82riser , L. pulverizare , fr. pulvis dust, powder. See Powder .] To reduce of fine powder or dust, 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 .

Pulverize <Xpage=1162>

Pul"ver*ize , v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily .

Pulverizer <Xpage=1162>

Pul"ver*i`zer (?) , n. One who, or that which, pulverizes.

Pulverous <Xpage=1162>

Pul"ver*ous (?) , a. [Cf. L. pulvereus , from pulvis , pulveris , dust, powder.] Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.

Pulverulence <Xpage=1162>

Pul*ver"u*lence (?) , n. The state of being pulverulent; abundance of dust or powder; dustiness.

Pulverulent <Xpage=1162>

Pul*ver"u*lent (?) , a. [L. pulverulentus , fr. pulvis , pulveris , dust, powder: cf. F. pulv\'82rulent .] Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.

Pulvil <Xpage=1162>

Pul"vil (?) , n. [It. polviglio , fr. L. pulvis , pulveris , dust, powder: cf. Sp. polvillo .] A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio. [Written also pulville .] [Obs.]

Gay.

Pulvil <Xpage=1162>

Pul"vil , v. t. To apply pulvil to. [Obs.]

Congreve.

Pulvillio, Pulvillo <Xpage=1162>

Pul*vil"li*o (?) , Pul*vil"lo (?) , n. [See Pulvil .] A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, -- often in little bags.

Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios . Addison.

Pulvillus <Xpage=1162>

Pul*vil"lus (?) , n. ; pl. Pulvilli (#) . [L., a little cushion.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.

Pulvinar <Xpage=1162>

Pul*vi"nar (?) , n. [L., a cushion.] (Anat.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.

Pulvinate, Pulvinated <Xpage=1162>

Pul"vi*nate (?) , Pul"vi*na`ted (?) , a. [L. pulvinatus , fr. pulvinus a cushion, an elevation.] 1. (Arch.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze .

Brande & C.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the form of a cushion.

Pulvinic <Xpage=1162>

Pul*vin"ic (?) , a. [From Vulpinic , by transposition of the letters.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance.

Pulvinulus <Xpage=1162>

Pul*vin"u*lus (?) , n. ; pl. Pulvinuli (#) . [L., a little mound.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Pulvillus .

Puma <Xpage=1162>

Pu"ma (?) , n. [Peruv. puma .] (Zo\'94l.) A large American carnivore ( Felis concolor ), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount , cougar , American lion , mountain lion , and panther or painter .

Pume <Xpage=1162>

Pume (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A stint.

Pumicate <Xpage=1162>

Pu"mi*cate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pumicated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pumicating .] [L. pumicatus , p. p. of pumicare to pumicate, fr. pumex . See Pumice .] To make smooth with pumice. [R.]

Pumice <Xpage=1162>

Pum"ice (?) , n. [L. pumex , pumicis , prob. akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. pumic- st\'ben. Cf. Pounce a powder, Spume .] (Min.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone .

Pumiced <Xpage=1162>

Pum"iced (?) , a. (Far.) Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is a growth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall. The disease is called pumiced foot , or pumice foot .

Pumiceous <Xpage=1162>

Pu*mi`ceous (?) , a. [L. pumiceus .] Of or pertaining to pumice; resembling pumice.

Pumice stone <Xpage=1162>

Pum"ice stone` (?) . Same as Pumice .

Pumiciform <Xpage=1162>

Pu*mic"i*form (?) , a. [ Pumice + -form .] Resembling, or having the structure of, pumice.

Pummace <Xpage=1162>

Pum"mace (?) , n. Same as Pomace .

Pummel <Xpage=1162>

Pum"mel (?) , n. & v. t. Same as Pommel .

Pump <Xpage=1162>

Pump (p&ucr;mp) , n. [Probably so called as being worn for pomp or ornament. See Pomp .] A low shoe with a thin sole. <-- MW10 says "close-fitting shoe with moderate to high heel". Usage changed? -->

Swift.

Pump <Xpage=1162>

Pump , n. [Akin to D. pomp , G. pumpe , F. pompe ; of unknown origin.] An 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 placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston. <-- this definition is for a mechanical pump. A peristaltic pump would not fit this def. MW10: "a device that raises, transfers, or compresses fluids . . . by suction or pressure or both." -->

&hand; for various kinds of pumps, see Air pump , Chain pump , and Force pump ; also, under Lifting , Plunger , Rotary , etc.