pull iron

The piece at the hind end of the tongue of some forms of street car by which it is attached to the car. pull-over, s. Hat - making: A conical cap of felted fur, form. ing a nap to be pulled over a hat-body. pull-piece, s. Horol .: The wire attached to the striking mechan. ism, by pulling which the clock is made to strike. pull-pipes, s. pl. Bot .: The stems of some Equiseta. pull-to, s. The same as LAY-CAP (q. v.). *pul-laile, s. [Fr. poulaille.] Poultry. *pul-lain, *pol-ayne, *pul-len, subst . [French poulain.] Poultry; a chicken. "[He] came like a false foxe, my pull a in to kill and mischeefe." -Gammer Gurton's Needle , v. 2. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, pullback *pull-back, *pul-back, subst . [Eng. pull , and back . 1. That which pulls or keeps one back from proceeding; a drawback, a hindrance. "A kind of pullback from the sin that he has been about to engage in."-South: Sermons , vol. vii., ser. 11. 2. A style of dre worn by women, in which the skirt is pulled from the front and gathered to a common point in the rear. *pul-len, s. [PULL A IN.]