Part 654

Shak.

Puke, v. t. To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.

Puke, n. A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.

Puke, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. Shak.

This color has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity.

Puk"er (?), n. 1. One who pukes, vomits.

2. That which causes vomiting. Garth .

Pu"las (?), n. [Skr. palÁa.] (Bot.) The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea, under Gum. [Written also pales and palasa.]

Pul"chri*tude (?), n. [L. pulchritudo, fr. pulcher beautiful.] 1. That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.

Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude.

Court of Love.

2. Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.

By the pulchritude of their souls make up what is wanting in the beauty of their bodies.

Ray.

Pule (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puling.] [F. piauler; cf. L. pipilare, pipire, to peep, pip, chirp, and E. peep to chirp.] 1. To cry like a chicken. Bacon.

2. To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.

It becometh not such a gallant to whine and pule.

Barrow.

Pul"er (?), n. One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person.

||Pu"lex (?), n. [L., a flea.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of parasitic insects ||including the fleas. See Flea.

Pu"li*cene (?), a. [From L. pulex, pulicis, a flea.] Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose.

{ Pu"li*cose` (?), Pu"li*cous (?), } a. [L. pulicosus, from pulex, a flea.] Abounding with fleas.

Pul"ing (?), n. A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.

Leave this faint puling and lament as I do.

Shak.

Pul"ing, a. Whimpering; whining; childish.

Pul"ing*ly, adv. With whining or complaint.

||Pulk"ha (?), n. A Laplander's traveling sledge. See Sledge.