Pulmotor Pul"mo`tor noun [ Latin pulmo lung + English 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.

Pulp Pulp noun [ Latin pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: confer French 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) (Botany) 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 Pulp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pulped ; present participle & verbal noun 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 Pul`paˇtoon" noun [ French poulpeton , poupeton , a sort of ragout.] A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit. [ Obsolete] Nares.

Pulpiness Pulp"iˇness noun the quality or state of being pulpy.

Pulpit Pul"pit noun [ Latin pulpitum : confer Old French pulpite , French 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.

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

Pulpited Pul"pitˇed adjective Placed in a pulpit. [ R.]

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

Milton.

Pulpiteer Pulˇpitˇeer" noun 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 Pul"pitˇer noun A preacher. [ Obsolete]

Pulpitical Pulˇpit"icˇal adjective Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [ R.] -- Pul*pit"ic*al*ly , adverb [ R.] Chesterfield.

Pulpitish Pul"pitˇish adjective Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers.

Pulpitry Pul"pitˇry noun The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [ R. & Obsolete] " Mere pulpitry ." Milton.

Pulpous Pulp"ous adjective [ Latin pulposus : confer French pulpeux . See Pulp .] Containing pulp; pulpy. " Pulpous fruit." J. Philips. -- Pulp"ous*ness , noun

Pulpy Pulp"y noun 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 Pul"que noun [ Spanish ] An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave .

Pulsate Pul"sate intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pulsated ; present participle & verbal noun Pulsating .] [ Latin pulsatus , past participle of pulsare to beat, strike, v. intens. from pellere to beat, strike, drive. See Pulse a beating, and confer 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 Pul"saˇtile adjective [ Confer Italian pulsatile , Spanish 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 Pul`saˇtil"la noun [ New Latin ] (Botany) 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 Pulˇsa"tion noun [ Latin pulsatio a beating or striking: confer French 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 Pul"saˇtive adjective [ Confer French pulsatif .] Beating; throbbing.

Pulsator Pulˇsa"tor noun [ Latin ] 1. A beater; a striker.

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

Pulsatory Pul"saˇtoˇry adjective [ Confer French pulsatoire .] Capable of pulsating; throbbing. Sir H. Wotton. .

Pulse Pulse noun [ Middle English puls , Latin puls , pultis , a thick pap or pottage made of meal, pulse, etc. See Poultice , and confer 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 Pulse noun [ Middle English pous , Old French pous , French pouls , from Latin pulsus (sc. venarum ), the beating of the pulse, the pulse, from pellere , pulsum , to beat, strike; confer Greek ... to swing, shake, ... to shake. Confer Appeal , Compel , Impel , Push .] 1. (Physiol.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.

» 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.

Pulse Pulse intransitive verb To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb. Ray.

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

Pulseless Pulse"less adjective Having no pulsation; lifeless.

Pulselessness Pulse"lessˇness noun The state of being pulseless.

Pulsific Pulˇsif"ic adjective [ Pulse + Latin facere to make.] Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.

Pulsimeter Pulˇsim"eˇter noun [ Pulse + -meter .] (Physiol.) A sphygmograph.

Pulsion Pul"sion noun [ Latin pulsio , from pellere , pulsum , to drive: confer French pulsion .] The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to suction or traction . [ R.]

Pulsive Pul"sive adjective Tending to compel; compulsory. [ R.] "The pulsive strain of conscience." Marston.

Pulsometer Pulˇsom"eˇter noun [ 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 .

2. A pulsimeter.

Pult Pult transitive verb To put. [ Obsolete] Piers Plowman.

Pultaceous Pulˇta"ceous adjective [ Confer French pultacé . See 1st Pulse .] Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.

Pultesse, Pultise Pul"tesse, Pul"tise noun Poultry. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Pulu Pu"lu noun 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.

Pulverable Pul"verˇaˇble adjective Capable of being reduced to fine powder. Boyle.

Pulveraceous Pul`verˇa"ceous adjective (Botany) Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent.

Pulverate Pul"verˇate transitive verb [ Latin pulveratus , past participle of pulverare to pulverize. See Pulverize .] To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize. [ R.]

Pulverine Pul"verˇine noun [ Latin pulvis , pulveris , dust, powder; confer French pulvérin .] Ashes of barilla. Ure.

Pulverizable Pul"verˇi`zaˇble adjective Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable. Barton.

Pulverization Pul`verˇiˇza"tion noun [ Confer French pulvérisation .] The action of reducing to dust or powder.

Pulverize Pul"verˇize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pulverized ; present participle & verbal noun Pulverizing .] [ French pulvériser , Latin pulverizare , from 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 Pul"verˇize intransitive verb To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.

Pulverizer Pul"verˇi`zer noun One who, or that which, pulverizes.

Pulverous Pul"verˇous adjective [ Confer Latin pulvereus , from pulvis , pulveris , dust, powder.] Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.

Pulverulence Pulˇver"uˇlence noun The state of being pulverulent; abundance of dust or powder; dustiness.

Pulverulent Pulˇver"uˇlent adjective [ Latin pulverulentus , from pulvis , pulveris , dust, powder: confer French pulvérulent .] Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.

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