pulpit 
and, in churches of many denominations, con- 
ducts the service. 
And Ezra the scribe stood upona jwlptiof wood, which 
they hud made for the purpose. Neh. viii. 4. 
Produce iiis txxly to the market-place, 
And in the /"//"', as becomes a friend, 
Speak In the order of his funeral. 
Shale., J. 0., ill. 1. 229. 
And the reader droned from the pulpit, 
Like the murmur of many bees. 
LonafeUou; King Witlafs Drinking-Horn. 
2. A bow of iron lashed to the end of the bow- 
sprit of a whaling-vessel, and forming a support 
for the waist of the harpooner, to insure his 
safety The pulpit, preachers collectively, or what 
they preach. 
By t he pulpit are adumbrated the writings of our modern 
naints in Great Britain. *i' : i.fi, Tale of a Tub, i. 
II. (i. Of or pertaining to the pulpit or preach- 
ers and their teaching: as, pulpit eloquence; 
pulpit utterances. 
pulpit (pul'pit), i!. t. [<. pulpit, n.] To place in 
or supply with a pulpit. [Kare.] 
Certainly it is not necessary to the attainment of Chris* 
tian knowledge that men should sit all their life long at 
the feet of a pulpiled divine. >///', Touching Hirelings. 
pulpitariant (pul-pi-ta'ri-an), n. [< pulpit + 
-arian.] A preacher. [Kare.] 
The Scottish brethren were acquainted by common in- 
tercourse with these directions that had netled the ag- 
grieved pulpitariaiut. 
Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 00. (Donor.) 
pulpiteer (pul-pi-ter'), M. [< pulpit + -ecr.] A 
preacher: a contemptuous term. 
Then it was under the name of pu rltans and round-heads, 
and now it is openly as ministers, under the name of priests, 
and blaekeoats, and presbyters, and pulpiteer* [that many 
servants of the Lord are reviled]. 
Baxter, Sclf-Denial, Epistle Monitory. 
To chapel ; where a heated pulpiteer, 
Not preaching simple Christ to simple men, 
Announced the coming doom, and fulminated 
Against the scarlet woman and her creed. 
Tennyson, Sea Dreams. 
4841 
pulp- washer (pulp' wosh'er), w. A machine for 
cleansing paper-pulp from dirt and foreign mat- 
ter; a pulp-dresser. It has a screen to retain grain, 
stones, etc., and devices for carrying oil dirty water and 
admitting a fresh supply. 
pulpy (pul'pi), a. [< pulp + -y*.] Like pulp ; 
soft; fleshy; pultaceous; succulent: as, the 
pulpy covering of a nut ; the pulpy substance 
of a peach or cherry. 
Long'st tluiii for Butter? bite ibepovlpy part, 
And neuer better came to any Mart. 
Sylnegter, tr. of Dn Bartas's Weeks, I. 3. 
In lupins these pulpy sides [of the bean] do sometimes 
arise with the stalk in a resemblance of two fat leaves. 
Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, iii. 
Pulpy disease of the synovial membrane, Brodle's 
disease. See dixetuc. 
pulque (pul'ke), . [Sp., < Mex. pulque.'] A 
fermented drink made in Mexico and some 
countries of Central America from the juice of 
the agave or maguey, Agave Americana. The sap, 
which abounds in sugar ana mucilage when the plant is 
about to flower, is at that time drawn into a cavity formed 
by cutting out the bud and upper leaves. The yield may 
be as much as two gallons a day for several months. The 
Juice Is fermented in reservoirs of rawhide, and early in 
the process is pleasant* resembling spruce-beer, but at the 
end acquires the putrid odor of the animal matter con- 
tained in the hides. It is, however, a favorite beverage 
with the Mexicans. 
pulque-brandy (pul'ke-bran'di), n. A strong 
spirituous liquor produced in Mexico by distil- 
ling pulque, the larger part of which is so con- 
sumed; aguardiente; mescal. 
pulsate (pul'sat), v. i.; pret. and pp. pulsated, 
ppr. pulsating. [< L. pulsatus, pp. of pulsare, 
beat, strike, push, drive : see pulxe*.] To beat 
or throb, as the heart or a blood-vessel; con- 
tract and dilate in alternation or rhythmically, 
as the heart in systole and diastole, the disk of 
a jellyfish in swimming, the vacuoles in some 
protozoans, etc. 
The heart of a viper or frog will continue to piibate long 
after it is taken from the body. Darwin. 
pulse 
pulsatory (pul'sa-to-ri), a. [= Sp. Pg. pulsa- 
torio, < L. pulsare, beat, strike: see pulse 1 .} 
Same as pulsatili. 
An Inward, pungent, and vuitalnry ache within the skull. 
Sir II. Watton, Reliquue, p. 418. 
Pulsatory current, In fleet., a current rapidly and regu- 
larly Intermitted. 
The pultatary current Is one which results from sadden 
or Instantaneous changes in the Intensity of a continuous 
current. Jour. FranUin lust., CXXI. 34. 
pulse 1 (puts), n. [Now accom. to L. spelling; 
in ME. poulce, pause, pous, < OF. poms, pous, 
poiix, a beat, stroke, pulse, F. pouts, pulse, = 
Pr. pots = Sp. Pg. pulxo = It. polso = D. pols = 
MLU. j>M/ = O. Sw. Dan. puts, pulse,< L.pulsus, 
a beating, striking, pushing (jiiilttMs venarum, 
the beating of the veins,' the pulse), < prllere, 
pp. pulsits, strike, drive, push. Of. pulse 1 , v.] 
1. A beat; a stroke; especially, a measured, 
regular, or rhythmical beat ; a short, quick mo- 
tion regularly repeated, as in a medium of the 
transmission of light, sound, etc. ; a pulsation ; 
a vibration. 
The vibrations or pulses of this medium, that they may 
cause the alternate fits of easy transmission and easy re- 
flexion, must be swifter than light, and by consequence 
above 700,000 times swifter than sounds. Newton. 
I ... caught once more the distant shout, 
The measured pulse of racing oars 
Among the willows. 
Tennyton, In Memorial)), IxxxvIL 
pulpitert(purpi-ter),w 
who preaches from a p 
. [<i>itlpit + -er*.] 
pulpit ; a preacher. 
O most gentle puljfitfr! what tedious homily of love 
have you wearied yonr parishioners withal ! 
Shak., As you Like it, ill. 2. 183. 
pulpitical (pul-pit'i-kal), o. [< pulpit + -ic-<il.] 
Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the 
pulpit. [Bare.] Imp. IHct. 
pulpitically (piil-pit'i-kal-i), ailr. In a manner 
suited to the pulpit. [Rare.] 
To proceed then regularly and pulpitically. 
iMrd Chefterjiela, Letters. (Latham.) 
pulpitish (pul'pi-tish), a. [< pulpit + -is/i 1 .] 
Smacking of the pulpit ; like a pulpit perform- 
ance. 
pulpitmant (pul'pit-man), n. A preacher. 
Grew a fine pulpitman, and was beneficed. 
Mamityer, Duke of Milan, Iii. 2. 
Dr. Hooper preached. . . . This Is one of the first rank 
of pulpit wen in the nation. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 5, 1081. 
pulpitry (pul'pit-ri), n. [< pulpit + -ry.] 
Teaching such as that given from the pulpit; 
preaching. 
They teach not that to govern well is to train up a na- 
tion in true wisdom and virtue, . . . and that this is the true 
flourishing of a land, other things follow as the shadow 
does the substance ; to teach thus were mere pitlpitry to 
them. Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. (Daviei.) 
pulpless (pulp'les), a. [< pulp + -less."] Lack- 
ing or deficient in pulp; free from pulp. 
There is a greater interest manifested by the masses of 
the dental profession in the retention of pitlplefs teeth. 
Science, XI. 216. 
pulp-machine (pulp'ma-shen'), n. Same as 
l>ntl>-c>i<iine. 
pulp-meter (pulp'me'ter), H. A device for reg- 
ulating the quantity of pulp supplied to a pa- 
per-machine, that the quantity may be adjusted 
to the required width and weight of the sheet. 
pulp-mill (pulp'mil), n. A pulp-grinder, pulp- 
ing-maoliine, or pulper. 
pulpous (pul'pus), a. [= F. pnlpeitjc = Sp. Pg. 
/uilposo = It. polposo, pulpy, < L. pulposus, 
fleshy, < pulpa, the fleshy portion of a body, 
solid flesh: see pulp.] Consisting of or resem- 
bling pulp ; pulpy. 
The redstreak, . . . whose pulpom fruit 
With gulil irradiate and vermilion, shines 
Tempting. J. Philips, Cider, i. 
pulpousness (pul'pus -nes), n. The state or 
quality of being pulpous; softness and moist- 
ness. Imp. I tiet. 
pulp-Strainer (pulp'stra'uer), . A sieve for 
straining pulp; specifically, a sieve for this pur- 
pose used in paper-making. 
One pulsatile (pul'sa-til), n. and . [= F. pulsatile 
= Sp. pulsatil "= Pg. pulsatil = It. pulsatile, 
< ML. pulsatilis, beating, striking, throbbing 
(neut. pulsatile, a sieve), < L. pulsare, pp._ 
tits, beat, strike: see pulsate, pulse*.] I. a. 1. 
Capable of pulsating; pulsating or pulsatory; 
throbbing; beating. 2. Requiring to be struck 
in order to produce sound; in music, noting an 
instrument tbe tone of which is produced by 
blows, as of a hammer, as a drum, tambourine, 
cymbals, or a bell. The epithet is not commonly used 
with reference to stringed instruments, like the dulcimer 
or the pianoforte, though it properly belongs to them. 
Compare percusgi . 
II. . A musical instrument which is sound- 
ed by means of blows. 
pulsatilla (pul-sa-til'a), H. [ML. pulsatilla, 
pulsatilla, dim., < L. pulsare, pp. 2<lsatus, beat, 
strike: see pulsate, pulsatile.] The pasque- 
flower, Anemone Pulsatilla; also, in pliarmacoy- 
rapliy, A. pratensis and A. patens (var. Xuttal- 
liana). These plants have medicinal properties. Also 
pulgatffl. See pasque-jvnrer. 
pulsation (pnl-sS'shon), . [= F. pulsation = 
Pr. pulttacio = Sp. pulsation =. Pg. pulsac,3o = 
It. pulsazione, < L. pulsatio(n-), a beating, a 
striking, < pulsare, pp. pulsatus, strike, beat: 
see pulsate, pulse*.] 1. The act or process of 
pulsating, or beating or throbbing : as, the pul- 
sation of the heart, of an artery, of a tumor. 
2. A single beat of the heart or a blood-ves- 
sel. 3. A beat or stroke by which some medi- 
um is affected, as in the propagation of sound. 
See beat*, n., 2. 4. In lau;, a beating without 
pain. 
The Cornelian law "de injuriis" prohibited pulsation as 
well as verberation, distinguishing verberation, which was 
accompanied with pain, from pulsation, which was attend- 
ed with none. Jllactstone, Com., III. Tiii. 
pulsative (pul'sa-tiv), a. [= F. pulsatif = Sp. 
Pg. jtulsa tito; as pulsate + -ice.] Same aspul- 
satite. 
pulsator (pul-sa'tor), n. [< L. pulsator, one who 
beats or strikes, < pulsare, pp. pulsatus, beat, 
strike: see pulsate.] 1. A beater; a striker. 
2. The pulsometer pump. 3. A small gravi- 
tating machine or shaker, used in diamond- 
mining in South Africa and elsewhere. It 
works on the same principle as the jigger. 
Pulsatoria (pul-sa-to'ri-a), n. pi. [NL.: see 
pulsator.] A group of parasitic Infusoria, 
called a subclass, framed for the reception of 
Pulsate/la counilittiF, a rhythmically pulsatile 
organism without cilia and with a differentiated 
contractile vesicle, found in the mesoderm of 
a planarian worm, t'onroluta scliukei. 
2. Specifically, in physiol., the series of rhyth- 
mically recurring maxima of fluid tension in 
any blood-vessel, consequent on the contrac- 
tions of the heart. These may be perceived by palpa- 
tion, and recorded by the sphygmograph, and often pro- 
duce a visible effect In dilating the vessel, or causing a 
lateral movement of it. The pulse is for the most part 
confined to the arteries, but a venous pulse occurs (see 
below). There Is one arterial pulse for each ventric- 
ular systole ; but in disease a ventricular systole may be 
too feeble to produce a sensible pulsation In a distant ar- 
tery, as at the wrist, or again each pulsation may be 
double. (See dicrotic pultte.) The features of the pulse 
are the times between successive pulsations, the maxima 
and minima of pressure, and the way in which the tension 
changes from maximum to minimum and to maximum 
again, represented In the form of the gphygmographlc 
tracing. The normal pulse exhibits approximately equal 
and equidistant maxima, the rate being in adults between 
70 anil 80 (see pule rate) ; the rise of pressure Is sharp, 
the fall slow with only a slight dicrotic wave; the extent 
of change (amplitude) is not excessive; and the tension 
of the blood In the vessel is neither too high nor too low. 
As taken with Basch's sphygonomanometer, the radial 
(maximum) tension in health usually lies between 135 and 
1(15 millimeters mercury. 
He perceyuede by his pottg he was in peril U deye, 
And note he hadde recouerthe rather that rise sholde he 
neuere. J'ien Plmnnan (C), xx. 66. 
His pout [var. ;>/*. poulce\ and pawmes of his hondes. 
Chaucer, Troilus, 111. 1120. 
Yet she 's warm, her pulnei beat, 
'11s a sign of life and heat. 
Fletcher, Faithful Shepherdess, lit 1. 
Stir not a Puke; and let my Blood, 
That turbulent, unruly Flood, 
Be softly staid. 
Gangrene, On Mrs. Hunt 
3. In miisif, same as beat or accent. 4. Fig- 
uratively, feeling; sentiment; general opinion, 
drift, tendency, or movement, private or public : 
as, the pulse of an occasion; tiiepulxe of the com- 
munity. Anacrotic pulse, a pulse In which the first 
wave Is not the highest, so that the ascending limb of the 
pulse-curve is notched. Bounding pulse, a large, more 
or less frequent pulse. Corrigan's pulse, the typical 
u\te of aortic regurgitatlon : a large, quick, suddenly col- 
pslng pulse. Dicrotic pulse, a pulse In which the 
dicrotic wave is excessive; a double pulse. Entoptlc 
pulse, pulsation of the retinal arteries, as revealed by 
the ophthalmoscope or by Purklnje's method. PUiform 
pulse, a thready pulse ; the pulse when the artery Is con- 
tracted and the pulsations are feeble. Frequent pulse, 
a pulse in which the number of beats per minute Is exces- 
sive. Alsocalled rapid and sometimes quick pulse. Full 
pulse, a large pulse, the artery not being contracted. 
Hard pulse, a pulse where the artery Is not easily com- 
pressed, the blood-tension being high ; pnlsns dnrria. 
HyperdlcrotlC pulse, a very marked dicrotic pulse. 
Infrequent pulse, a pulse in which the number of pnl- 
sations per minute is abnormallylow; pulsusrarus. Snim-- 
tlmes called Amcpulte. Irregular pulse, :ii>u is- in which 
the pulsations are of unequal strength or recur at unequal 
Intervals, or which is abnormal In both these respect*. 
Large pulse, a pulse In which the amplitude or differ- 
ence between the maximum and minimum of tension is 
great; pulsns magnus. MonocTOtlC pulse, a pulse with 
only onedistinguishahle wave. Poly erotic pulse, apnlse 
where there are several secondary waves. Postdicrotic 
pulse, a pulse in which the post dicrotic wave is well mark- 
ed. PredlcrotlC pulse, a pulse in which there is a large 
predicrotic wave. Quick pulse, (a) A pulse in which 
the rise of tension is very rapid, or in which the time oc- 
cupied by the rise and the greater part of the fall is very 
short; pulsusceler. (6) A frequent pulse, Recurrent 
pulse, the reappearance of a pulse In an artery beyond 
the point where It is compressed, due to distal anastomosis. 
Slow pulse, (a) A pulse In which the rise of tension 
is very slow, or in which the time occupied by the rise 
ami the greater part of the fall is unusually long ; puUus 
tardus. (b) An infrequent pulse. Small pulse, a pulse 
