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Pult (?), v. t. To put. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Pul*ta"ceous (?), a. [Cf. F. pultacÈ. See 1st Pulse.] Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.

{ Pul"tesse (?), Pul"tise (?), } n. Poultry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Pu"lu (?), 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 C. ||Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an ||absorbent.

Pul"ver*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being reduced to fine powder. Boyle.

Pul`ver*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent.

Pul"ver*ate (?), v. t. [L. pulveratus, p. p. of pulverare to pulverize. See Pulverize.] To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize. [R.]

Pul"ver*ine (?), n. [L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder; cf. F. pulvÈrin.] Ashes of barilla. Ure.

Pul"ver*i`za*ble (?), a. Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable. Barton.

Pul`ver*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. pulvÈrisation.] The action of reducing to dust or powder.

Pul"ver*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulverized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing (?).] [F. pulvÈriser, L. pulverizare, fr. 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.

Pul"ver*ize, v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.

Pul"ver*i`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, pulverizes.

Pul"ver*ous (?), a. [Cf. L. pulvereus, from pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder.] Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.

Pul*ver"u*lence (?), n. The state of being pulverulent; abundance of dust or powder; dustiness.

Pul*ver"u*lent (?), a. [L. pulverulentus, fr. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder: cf. F. pulvÈrulent.] Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.

Pul"vil (?), n. [It. polviglio, fr. L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder: cf. Sp. polvillo.] A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio. [Written also pulville.] [Obs.] Gay.

Pul"vil, v. t. To apply pulvil to. [Obs.] Congreve.

{ Pul*vil"li*o (?), Pul*vil"lo (?), } n. [See Pulvil.] A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, -- often in little bags.

Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios.

Addison.

||Pul*vil"lus (?), n.; pl. Pulvilli (#). [L., a little cushion.] ||(Zoˆl.) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.

||Pul*vi"nar (?), n. [L., a cushion.] (Anat.) A prominence on the ||posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.

{ Pul"vi*nate (?), Pul"vi*na`ted (?), } a. [L. pulvinatus, fr. pulvinus a cushion, an elevation.] 1. (Arch.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze. Brande & C.

2. (Zoˆl.) Having the form of a cushion.

Pul*vin"ic (?), a. [From Vulpinic, by transposition of the letters.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance.

||Pul*vin"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Pulvinuli (#). [L., a little mound.] ||(Zoˆl.) Same as Pulvillus.

Pu"ma (p"m), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zoˆl.) 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.