Pul*pit"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the
pulpit. [R.] -- Pul*pit"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] Chesterfield.
Pul"pit*ish (?), a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching.
Chalmers.
Pul"pit*ry (?), n. The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] "
Mere pulpitry." Milton.
Pulp"ous (?), a. [L. pulposus: cf. F. pulpeux. See Pulp.] Containing
pulp; pulpy. " Pulpous fruit." J. Philips. -- Pulp"ous*ness, n.
Pulp"y (?), n. Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent;
as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a
cherry.
||Pul"que (?), n. [Sp.] An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.
Pul"sate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pulsated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pulsating.] [L. pulsatus, p. p. of pulsare to beat, strike, v. intens.
fr. pellere to beat, strike, drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pulse,
v.] To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it
is taken from the body.
E. Darwin.
Pul"sa*tile (?), a. [Cf. It. pulsatile, Sp. pulsatil.] 1. Capable of
being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a
tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.