Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PULTACEOUS

PULTA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin puls. See Pulp.]Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.

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PULVERABLE

PUL'VERABLE, adjective [from Latin pulvis, dust, probably from pello, pulso, or its root, that which is beaten fine, or that which is driven. See Powder.] That may be reduced to...

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PULVERATE

PUL'VERATE, verb transitive To beat or reduce to powder or dust.[But pulverize is generally used.]

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PULVERIN

PUL'VERINPUL'VERINE, noun Ashes of barilla.

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PULVERINE

PUL'VERINE, n. Ashes of barilla.

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PULVERIZATION

PULVERIZA'TION, noun [from pulverize.]The act of reducing to dust or powder.

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PULVERIZE

PUL'VERIZE, verb transitive To reduce to fine powder, as by beating, grinding, etc. Friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating; but to pulverize malleable bodie...

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PULVERIZED

PUL'VERIZED, participle passive Reduced to fine powder.

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PULVERIZING

PUL'VERIZING, participle present tense Reducing to fine powder.

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PULVEROUS

PUL'VEROUS, adjective Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.

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PULVERULENCE

PULVER'ULENCE, noun Dustiness; abundance of dust or powder.

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PULVERULENT

PULVER'ULENT, adjective Dusty; consisting of fine powder; powdery.1. Addicted to lying and rolling in the dust, as fowls.

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PULVIL

PUL'VIL, noun A sweet scented powder. [Little used.]PUL'VIL, verb transitive To sprinkle with a perfumed powder. [Not used.]

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PUMA

PU'MA, noun A rapacious quadruped of America, of the genus Felis.

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PUMICE

PUM'ICE, noun [Latin pumex, supposed to be from the root of spuma, foam.]A substance frequently ejected from volcanoes, of various colors, gray, white, reddish brown or black; h...

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PUMICE-STONE

PUM'ICE-STONE, noun The same as pumice.

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PUMICEOUS

PUMI'CEOUS, adjective Pertaining to pumice; consisting of pumice or resembling it.

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PUMMEL

PUMMEL. [See Pommel.]

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PUMP

PUMP, noun [The Latin bombus is of the same family, as is the Eng.bombast.]1. A hydraulic engine for raising water, by exhausting the incumbent air of a tube or pipe, in consequ...

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PUMP-SPEAR

PUMP'-SPEAR, noun The bar to which the upper box of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle.

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PUMPER

PUMP'ER, noun The person or the instrument that pumps.PUMP'-GEAR, noun The materials for fitting and repairing pumps.PUMP'-HOOD, noun A semi-cylindrical frame of wood, covering ...

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PUMPION

PUMP'ION, noun A plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucurbita.

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PUMPKIN

PUMP'KIN, noun A pompion. [This is the common orthography of the word in the United States.]

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PUN

PUN, noun An expression in which a word has at once different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of q...

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PUNCH

PUNCH, noun [Latin punctum, pungo.] An instrument of iron or steel, used in several arts for perforating holes in plates of metal, and so contrived as to cut out a piece.PUNCH, ...

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PUNCHBOWL

PUNCH'BOWL, noun A bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is drank.

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PUNCHED

PUNCH'ED, participle passive Perforated with a punch.