Pult (?), v. t. To put. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Pul*ta"ceous (?), a. [Cf. F. pultacÈ. See 1st Pulse.] Macerated;
softened; nearly fluid.
{ Pul"tesse (?), Pul"tise (?), } n. Poultry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Pu"lu (?), n. A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic,
||yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the
||young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C.
||Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an
||absorbent.
Pul"ver*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being reduced to fine powder. Boyle.
Pul`ver*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Having a finely powdered surface;
pulverulent.
Pul"ver*ate (?), v. t. [L. pulveratus, p. p. of pulverare to pulverize.
See Pulverize.] To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize. [R.]
Pul"ver*ine (?), n. [L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder; cf. F.
pulvÈrin.] Ashes of barilla. Ure.
Pul"ver*i`za*ble (?), a. Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable.
Barton.
Pul`ver*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. pulvÈrisation.] The action of
reducing to dust or powder.
Pul"ver*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulverized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pulverizing (?).] [F. pulvÈriser, L. pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust,
powder. See Powder.] To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating,
grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by
grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods
must be pursued.
Pul"ver*ize, v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as,
the stone pulverizes easily.
Pul"ver*i`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, pulverizes.
Pul"ver*ous (?), a. [Cf. L. pulvereus, from pulvis, pulveris, dust,
powder.] Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.
Pul*ver"u*lence (?), n. The state of being pulverulent; abundance of
dust or powder; dustiness.
Pul*ver"u*lent (?), a. [L. pulverulentus, fr. pulvis, pulveris, dust,
powder: cf. F. pulvÈrulent.] Consisting of, or reducible to, fine
powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.
Pul"vil (?), n. [It. polviglio, fr. L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder:
cf. Sp. polvillo.] A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio. [Written also
pulville.] [Obs.] Gay.
Pul"vil, v. t. To apply pulvil to. [Obs.] Congreve.
{ Pul*vil"li*o (?), Pul*vil"lo (?), } n. [See Pulvil.] A kind of
perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, -- often in little
bags.
Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios.
Addison.
||Pul*vil"lus (?), n.; pl. Pulvilli (#). [L., a little cushion.]
||(Zoˆl.) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.
||Pul*vi"nar (?), n. [L., a cushion.] (Anat.) A prominence on the
||posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
{ Pul"vi*nate (?), Pul"vi*na`ted (?), } a. [L. pulvinatus, fr. pulvinus
a cushion, an elevation.] 1. (Arch.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a
pulvinated frieze. Brande & C.