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Pull (?), v. i. To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
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Coloq. To pull apart , to become separated by pulling; as, a rope will pull apart. -- Coloq. To pull up , to draw the reins; to stop; to halt. -- Coloq. To pull through , to come successfully to the end of a difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.
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Pull, n. 1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.
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I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box. Swift.
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2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. Carew.
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3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]
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Two pulls at once;
His lady banished, and a limb lopped off. Shak.
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4. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
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5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.]
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6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug. [Slang] Dickens.
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7. Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull. [Slang]
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8. (Cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
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The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket. R. A. Proctor.
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Pullail (?), n. [F. poulaille.] Poultry. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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Pullback (?), n. 1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.
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2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point.
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Pulldevil (?), n. A number of fishhooks rigidly fastened back to be pulled through the water to catch fish.
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Pulled (?), a. Plucked; pilled; moulting. “ A pulled hen.” Chaucer.
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Pullen (?), n. [Cf. L. pullinus belonging to young animals. See .] Poultry. [Obs.]
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Puller (?), n. One who, or that which, pulls.
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Proud setter up and puller down of kings. Shak.
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Pullet (?), n. [OE. polete, OF. polete, F. poulette, dim. of poule a hen, fr. L. pullus a young animal, a young fowl. See , and cf. , , stake.] A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.
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Coloq. Pullet sperm , the treadle of an egg. [Obs.] Shak.
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Pulley (?), n.; pl. Pulleys (#). [F. poulie, perhaps of Teutonic origin (cf. , v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine, polive, pulley, LL. polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a colt, fr. L. pullus young animal, foal (cf. , ). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam, originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (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 belt, cord, rope, or chain.
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☞ The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists, in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope, is thus doubled, but can move the load through only half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block, instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See . A single fixed pulley gives no increase of power, but serves simply for changing the direction of motion.
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Coloq. Band pulley , or Coloq. Belt pulley , a pulley with a broad face for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for guiding a belt. -- Coloq. Cone pulley . See . -- Coloq. Conical pulley , one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities. -- Coloq. Fast pulley , a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft. -- Coloq. Loose pulley , a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the transmission of motion in machinery. See Fast and loose pulleys, under . -- Coloq. Parting pulley , a belt pulley made in semicircular halves, which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal from, a shaft. -- Coloq. Pulley block . Same as , n. 6. -- Coloq. Pulley stile (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides. -- Coloq. Split pulley , a parting pulley.
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Pulley, v. t. To raise or lift by means of a pulley. [R.] Howell.
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Pullicate (?), n. A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
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Pullman car (?). [Named after Mr. Pullman, who introduced them.] A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman.
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Pullulate (?), v. i. [L. pullulatus, p. p. of pullulare to sprout, from pullulus a young animal, a sprout, dim. of pullus. See .] To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Warburton.
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Pullulation (?), n. [Cf. F. pullulation.] A germinating, or budding. Dr. H. More.
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Pullus (?), n.; pl. Pulli (#). [L.] (Zoöl.) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.
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Pulmobranchiata (?), n. pl. [NL.], Pulmobranchiate. (�), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Same as , .
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Pulmocutaneous (?), a. [L. pulmo a lung + E. cutaneous.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog.
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Pulmogasteropoda (?), n. pl. [NL. & E. Gasteropoda.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Pulmograde (?), a. [L. pulmo a lung + gradi to walk.] (Zoöl.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusæ.
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Pulmometer (?), n. [L. pulmo a lung + -meter.] (Physiol.) A spirometer.
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Pulmometry (?), n. [L. pulmo a lung + -metry.] The determination of the capacity of the lungs.
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Pulmonarian (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
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Pulmonary (?), a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. .] Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
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Coloq. Pulmonary artery . See the Note under .
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Pulmonary, n. [Cf. F. pulmonaire. See , a. ] (Bot.) Lungwort. Ainsworth.
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Pulmonata (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnæa and Planorbis.
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Pulmonate (?), a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having breathing organs that act as lungs. (b) Pertaining to the Pulmonata. -- n. One of the Pulmonata.
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Pulmonated (?), a. same as (a).
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Pulmonibranchiata (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pulmo, -onis, a lung + Gr. � a gill.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Pulmonibranchiate (?), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Pulmonic (?), a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung: cf. F. pulmonique.] Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary. -- n. A pulmonic medicine.
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Pulmonifera (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Pulmoniferous (?), a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Having lungs; pulmonate.
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Pulmotor (?), n. [L. pulmo lung + E. motor.] An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electrical shock.
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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.
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Pulp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping.] 1. To reduce to pulp.
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2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
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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.
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Pulpatoon (?), n. [F. poulpeton, poupeton, a sort of ragout.] A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit. [Obs.] Nares.
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Pulpiness (?), n. the quality or state of being pulpy.
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Pulpit (?), n. [L. pulpitum: cf. OF. pulpite, F. pulpitre.]
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1. An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.
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I stand like a clerk in my pulpit. Chaucer.
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2. The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.
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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.
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3. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
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Pulpit, a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.
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Pulpited (?), a. Placed in a pulpit. [R.]
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Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine. Milton.
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Pulpiteer (?), n. One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt. Howell.
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We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson.
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Pulpiter (?), n. A preacher. [Obs.]
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Pulpitical (?), a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] -- Pulpitically, adv. [R.] Chesterfield.
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Pulpitish (?), a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers.
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Pulpitry (?), n. The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] “ Mere pulpitry.” Milton.
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Pulpous (?), a. [L. pulposus: cf. F. pulpeux. See .] Containing pulp; pulpy. “ Pulpous fruit.” J. Philips. -- Pulpousness, n.
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Pulpy (?), n. Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry.
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Pulque (?), n. [Sp.] An intoxicating Mexican drink. See .
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Pulsate (?), 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 a beating, and cf. , v.] To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
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The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. E. Darwin.
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Pulsatile (?), 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.
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2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.
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Pulsatilla (?), 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.
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Pulsation (?), 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.
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2. A single beat or throb of a series.
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3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
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4. (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
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By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. Blackstone.
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Pulsative (?), a. [Cf. F. pulsatif.] Beating; throbbing.
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Pulsator (?), n. [L.] 1. A beater; a striker.
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2. (Mech.) That which beats or throbs in working.
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Pulsatory (?), a. [Cf. F. pulsatoire.] Capable of pulsating; throbbing. Sir H. Wotton. .
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Pulse (?), n. [OE. puls, L. puls, pultis, a thick pap or pottage made of meal, pulse, etc. See , and cf. .] Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
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If all the world
Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse. Milton.
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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. , , , .] 1. (Physiol.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.
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☞ 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 ). 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.
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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.
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The measured pulse of racing oars. Tennyson.
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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.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. 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.
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the pulse wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second. H. N. Martin.
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-- Coloq. 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.
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Pulse, v. i. To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb. Ray.
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Pulse, v. t. [See , a beating.] To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate. [R.]
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Pulseless, a. Having no pulsation; lifeless.
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Pulselessness, n. The state of being pulseless.
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Pulsific (?), a. [Pulse + L. facere to make.] Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.
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Pulsimeter (?), n. [Pulse + -meter.] (Physiol.) A sphygmograph.
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Pulsion (?), 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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