Part 658

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

Pul"pit*ed (?), a. Placed in a pulpit. [R.]

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

Milton.

Pul*pit*eer" (?), n. 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.

Pul"pit*er (?), n. A preacher. [Obs.]

Pul*pit"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] -- Pul*pit"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] Chesterfield.

Pul"pit*ish (?), a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers.

Pul"pit*ry (?), n. The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] " Mere pulpitry." Milton.

Pulp"ous (?), a. [L. pulposus: cf. F. pulpeux. See Pulp.] Containing pulp; pulpy. " Pulpous fruit." J. Philips. -- Pulp"ous*ness, n.

Pulp"y (?), n. Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry.

||Pul"que (?), n. [Sp.] An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.

Pul"sate (?), 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 Pulse a beating, and cf. 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.

Pul"sa*tile (?), 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.

2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.

||Pul`sa*til"la (?), 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.

Pul*sa"tion (?), 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.

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.

Pul"sa*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. pulsatif.] Beating; throbbing.

Pul*sa"tor (?), n. [L.] 1. A beater; a striker.