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.
Pull (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pulling.]
[AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall, piol, spiol.] 1. To draw,
or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.
Shak.
He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
Gen. viii. 9.