pulpitIsh

[Eng. pulpit; -ish.] Smacking of the pulpit; like a pulpit performance. *pul-pit-măn, s. [Eng. pulpit , and man.] A preacher. "He was an excellent pulpit man , happy in raising the affections of his auditory."- Fuller : Church History, X. iii. 33. *půl'-pit-ry, s. [Eng. pulpit ; -ry.] The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. pulp-oŭs, adj . [Latin pulposus , from pulp a = pulp (q. v.); Fr. pulpeux ; Sp. pulposo ; Ital. pol poso.] Consisting of pulp; like pulp; pulpy. "The redstreak's pulpous fruit With gold irradiate." Philips: Cider , i. 513. pŭlp'-oŭs-ně , s. [Eng. pulpous ; -ne .] The quality or state of being pulpous; pulpine . pulp-y, a . [Eng. pulp ; -y.] Consisting of pulp; like pulp; of the consistence of pulp; soft, pappy. pul-quê (qu ask), 8. [Sp.] A vinous beverage, made in Mexico, by fermenting the juice of the various species of the agave. It resembles cider, but has a disagreeable odor, like that of putrid meat. IMG:content-1731.png:[blocks in formation] 3294 I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit.: In the same sense as II. 2. Fig .: Any measured, regular, or rhythmical beat; any short, quick motion regularly repeated pulsation, vibration. "When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air."- Burke : Sublime and Beauti ful , pt. iv., § 11. II. Physiol.: The beat or shock felt in any artery when slight pre ure is made on it, caused by the systole of the heart. At birth the number of beats are about 140, at the end of the first year 120, at the end of the second 110; during middle life between 70 and 80, and in old age usually a little more. It is slower in man than in woman, and is also affected by the position of the body, being about five beats more in the sitting than in the recumbent posture, and ten more per minute in the standing than in the sitting posture. To feel one's pulse : ( Fig .) To sound one; to try to discover one's opinions, views, or feelings. "So much matter has been ferret ted out that this Government wishes to tell its own story, and my pulse was felt."-Southey: Letters , iv. 139. pulse-gla , subst . An instrument invented by Franklin to exhibit the ebullition of liquids at low temperatures. The bulbs are connected by a slender stem and partially charged with water, the supernatant air having been expelled by boiling, and the opening hermetically sealed by a blow-pipe. By grasping one of the bulbs the heat of the hand will cause the formation of vapor and drive the liquid in the latter. into the other bulb, producing a violent ebullition