1. To reduce to pulp.
2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
The other mode is to pulp the coffee immediately as it comes from the tree. By a simple machine a
man will pulp a bushel in a minute.
B. Edwards. Pulpatoon
(Pul`pa*toon") n. [F. poulpeton, poupeton, a sort of ragout.] A kind of delicate confectionery
or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit. [Obs.] Nares.
Pulpiness
(Pulp"i*ness) n. the quality or state of being pulpy.
Pulpit
(Pul"pit) n. [L. pulpitum: cf. OF. pulpite, F. pulpitre.]
1. An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.
I stand like a clerk in my pulpit.
Chaucer. 2. The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.
I say the pulpit (in the sober use
Of its legitimate, peculiar powers)
Must stand acknowledged, while the
world shall stand,
The most important and effectual guard,
Support, and ornament of virtue's cause.
Cowper. 3. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
Pulpit
(Pul"pit), a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.
Pulpited
(Pul"pit*ed) a. Placed in a pulpit. [R.]
Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine.
Milton. Pulpiteer
(Pul*pit*eer") n. One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; — so called in contempt. Howell.
We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer.
Prof. Wilson. Pulpiter
(Pul"pit*er) n. A preacher. [Obs.]
Pulpitical
(Pul*pit"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] — Pul*pit"ic*al*ly, adv.
[R.] Chesterfield.
Pulpitish
(Pul"pit*ish) a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers.
Pulpitry
(Pul"pit*ry) n. The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] " Mere pulpitry." Milton.
Pulpous
(Pulp"ous) a. [L. pulposus: cf. F. pulpeux. See Pulp.] Containing pulp; pulpy. " Pulpous
fruit." J. Philips. — Pulp"ous*ness, n.
Pulpy
(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.
Pulque
(||Pul"que) n. [Sp.] An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.
Pulsate
(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.
