6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.
[Slang] Dickens.
7. Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage;
means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull. [Slang]
8. (Cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off
side, or an off ball to the side.
The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket.
R. A. Proctor.
Pul"lail (?), n. [F. poulaille.] Poultry. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Pull"back` (?), n. 1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a
drawback; a hindrance.
2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold
it party open at a fixed point.
Pulled (?), a. Plucked; pilled; moulting. " A pulled hen." Chaucer.
Pul"len (?), n. [Cf. L. pullinus belonging to young animals. See
Pullet.] Poultry. [Obs.]
Pull"er (?), n. One who, or that which, pulls.
Proud setter up and puller down of kings.
Shak.
Pul"let (?), n. [OE. polete, OF. polete, F. poulette, dim. of poule a
hen, fr. L. pullus a young animal, a young fowl. See Foal, and cf.
Poult, Poultry, Pool stake.] A young hen, or female of the domestic
fowl.
Pullet sperm, the treadle of an egg. [Obs.] Shak.
Pul"ley (?), n.; pl. Pulleys (#). [F. poulie, perhaps of Teutonic
origin (cf. Poll, v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine, polive, pulley, LL.
polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a colt, fr. L. pullus young animal,
foal (cf. Pullet, Foal). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam,
originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (Mach.) A wheel with a broad rim,
or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the
different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion,
by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists, in its simplest
form, of a grooved wheel, called a sheave, turning within a movable
frame or block, by means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a
fixed point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope, is thus
doubled, but can move the load through only half the space traversed by
itself. The rope may also pass over a sheave in another block that is
fixed. The end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block,
instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of power, and using
either one or two sheaves in the fixed block. Other sheaves may be
added, and the power multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is
called by workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See Block.
A single fixed pulley gives no increase of power, but serves simply for
changing the direction of motion.
Band pulley, or Belt pulley, a pulley with a broad face for
transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for
guiding a belt. -- Cone pulley. See Cone pulley. -- Conical pulley, one
of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for
varying velocities. -- Fast pulley, a pulley firmly attached upon a
shaft. -- Loose pulley, a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the
transmission of motion in machinery. See Fast and loose pulleys, under
Fast. -- Parting pulley, a belt pulley made in semicircular halves,
which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal
from, a shaft. -- Pulley block. Same as Block, n. 6. -- Pulley stile
(Arch.), the upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed
and along which the sash slides. -- Split pulley, a parting pulley.
Pul"ley, v. t. To raise or lift by means of a pulley. [R.] Howell.
Pul"li*cate (?), n. A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
Pull"man car` (?). [Named after Mr. Pullman, who introduced them.] A
kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to
Pullman.
Pul"lu*late (?), v. i. [L. pullulatus, p. p. of pullulare to sprout,
from pullulus a young animal, a sprout, dim. of pullus. See pullet.] To
germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Warburton.
Pul`lu*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. pullulation.] A germinating, or budding.
Dr. H. More.
||Pul"lus (?), n.; pl. Pulli (#). [L.] (Zoˆl.) A chick; a young bird in
||the downy stage.
||Pul`mo*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL.], Pul`mo*bran"chi*ate. (&?;),
||a. & n. (Zoˆl.) Same as Pulmonibranchiata, - ate.
Pul`mo*cu*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. pulmo a lung + E. cutaneous.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous
arteries of the frog.
||Pul`mo*gas`te*rop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL. & E. Gasteropoda.] (Zoˆl.)
||Same as Pulmonata.
Pul"mo*grade (?), a. [L. pulmo a lung + gradi to walk.] (Zoˆl.)
Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the
body, or of the disk, as do the medusÊ.
Pul*mom"e*ter (?), n. [L. pulmo a lung + -meter.] (Physiol.) A
spirometer.
Pul"mo*na"ri*an (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike
organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
Pul"mo*na*ry (?), a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of
uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float:
cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia.] Of or pertaining to the lungs;
affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery.
Pul"mo*na*ry, n. [Cf. F. pulmonaire. See Pulmonary, a. ] (Bot.)
Lungwort. Ainsworth.
||Pul`mo*na"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung.] (Zoˆl.)
||An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in
||which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as
||in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond
||snails, as LimnÊa and Planorbis.
Pul"mo*nate (?), a. (Zoˆl.) (a) Having breathing organs that act as
lungs. (b) Pertaining to the Pulmonata. -- n. One of the Pulmonata.
Pul"mo*na`ted (?), a. same as Pulmonate (a).
||Pul`mo*ni*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pulmo, -onis, a lung
||+ Gr. &?; a gill.] (Zoˆl.) Same as Pulmonata.
Pul`mo*ni*bran"chi*ate (?), a. & n. (Zoˆl.) Same as Pulmonate.
Pul*mon"ic (?), a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung: cf. F. pulmonique.]
Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary. -- n. A pulmonic
medicine.
||Pul`mo*nif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pulmoniferous.] (Zoˆl.) Same as
||Pulmonata.
Pul`mo*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung + -ferous.] (Zoˆl.)
Having lungs; pulmonate.
Pulp (?), n. [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F. pulpe.] A
moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal
or vegetable matter. Specifically: (a) (Anat.) A tissue or part
resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive
tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of
teeth. (b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a
grape. (c) The exterior part of a coffee berry. B. Edwards. (d) The
material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.
Pulp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping.] 1. To
reduce to pulp.