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Pulsive (?), a. Tending to compel; compulsory. [R.] “The pulsive strain of conscience.” Marston.
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Pulsometer (?), n. [Pulse + -meter.]
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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.
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2. A pulsimeter.
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Pult (?), v. t. To put. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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Pultaceous (?), a. [Cf. F. pultacé. See 1st .] Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.
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{ Pultesse (?), Pultise (?), } n. Poultry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Pulu (?), 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 Cibotium Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent.
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Pulverable (?), a. Capable of being reduced to fine powder; pulverizable. Boyle.
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Pulveraceous (?), a. (Bot.) Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent.
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Pulverate (?), v. t. [L. pulveratus, p. p. of pulverare to pulverize. See .] To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize. [R.]
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Pulverine (?), n. [L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder; cf. F. pulvérin.] Ashes of barilla. Ure.
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Pulverizable (?), a. Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable. Barton.
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Pulverization (?), n. [Cf. F. pulvérisation.] The action of reducing to dust or powder.
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Pulverize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulverized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing (?).] [F. pulvériser, L. pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See .] 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.
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Pulverize, v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
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Pulverizer (?), n. One who, or that which, pulverizes.
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Pulverous (?), a. [Cf. L. pulvereus, from pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder.] Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.
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Pulverulence (?), n. The state of being pulverulent; abundance of dust or powder; dustiness.
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Pulverulent (?), a. [L. pulverulentus, fr. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder: cf. F. pulvérulent.] Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.
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Pulvil (?), n. [It. polviglio, fr. L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder: cf. Sp. polvillo.] A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio. [Written also pulville.] [Obs.] Gay.
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Pulvil, v. t. To apply pulvil to. [Obs.] Congreve.
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{ Pulvillio (?), Pulvillo (?), } n. [See .] A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, -- often in little bags.
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Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios. Addison.
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Pulvillus (?), n.; pl. Pulvilli (#). [L., a little cushion.] (Zoöl.) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.
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Pulvinar (?), n. [L., a cushion.] (Anat.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
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{ Pulvinate (?), Pulvinated (?), } a. [L. pulvinatus, fr. pulvinus a cushion, an elevation.] 1. (Arch.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze. Brande & C.
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2. (Zoöl.) Having the form of a cushion.
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Pulvinic (?), a. [From , by transposition of the letters.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance.
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Pulvinulus (?), n.; pl. Pulvinuli (#). [L., a little mound.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Puma (pūmȧ), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zoöl.) 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.
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Pume (?), n. (Zoöl.) A stint.
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Pumicate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pumicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pumicating.] [L. pumicatus, p. p. of pumicare to pumicate, fr. pumex. See .] To make smooth with pumice. [R.]
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Pumice (?), n. [L. pumex, pumicis, prob. akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. pumic-stān. Cf. a powder, .] (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.
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Pumiced (?), 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.
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Pumiceous (?), a. [L. pumiceus.] Of or pertaining to pumice; resembling pumice.
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Pumice stone (?). Same as .
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Pumiciform (?), a. [Pumice + -form.] Resembling, or having the structure of, pumice.
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Pummace (?), n. Same as .
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Pummel (?), n. & v. t. Same as .
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Pump (pŭmp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for pomp or ornament. See .] A low shoe with a thin sole. Swift.
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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. Prev Next

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