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PUL

'rcrfe

and

lh:u lhe

run, thc moon . lhe planct!i, and Hars,

¡.Il

move ahOUl

¡tI

froln

taH

wcll,

onCe

in twcmy .four

hOUlS,

i:l

the

oHicr folJowinr..

vi:; ,

thc

01000 next [O

{he

cuth. lhen

mercury, \'enus ,

tht!

(un,

mars,

jupiler,

ra ·

turn, ,hc fixed n.", lhc fidl . nJ f<cond cryliall ne hea·

n 'cs.

ano

?bove .311 lhe fitlion of their primunl moblle.

PTYALI SlI!. in medicine,

fafi,'ation, or trequent

.0<1

cflpillus difcharge of (aliva.

PU RERTY,

amon~

civdi,ns,

&c.

lhe 'gc wh"ein a pero

fon i. «pable of procre.tlon, or begelling chliJren. See

LAW.

P U

i:l

loS,

among anatomins,

6c.

denotes the midrll.

p.rt

of ,he hypoganrie region of ,he abdomen. Iying be,ween

[he two ¡nguíoa or groios. See

ANATOMY

p. '257.

PURLICAN, among lhe Romans, one who farmed lhe

taxes .md public revcnues.

PUBLICATION, ,he ,él of making a thing known to the

world; [he (ame with promulgadon.

PUDENDA, the parts of generation in both fexes. See

AWATOMY,

'270.

l'UERILlTY, in difeourfe, is defin<d by L onginus, to be

a thought, which,

being too rar-retched, becomes 8at

and infipid. ,

Puerility, he adels, is the common fault of

thofe who affeCt tO fay nothing but \Vhit is

brilli.nt

and

extraordinary.

PUG IL, in phyfic,

&c.

fueh a quantity o( flowe rs, fecds,

or the like, as may be taken up between the thumb aod

two foreJingers .

1t is elleemed lO be the eighlh part o( the manipule or

h , nclfuL

PULEX, in zoology, a genu, of infeéls belonging lO lhe

o,der of aplera.

has frx fe.. filled for leaping, and

twa e,es; the feelen are Jike tlueads; the ronrum is

infteéted. r,taceous, and armed wich

lIing; aod lhe

bdly is eomprdred . There are IWO fpeeies,

viz.

the

irritan" Wilh

proborcis {horter chan its body,

nat¡ve

of Europe and America:

and

lhe penetrans, Wilh

pro·

bofcis Jooger than ¡ts body, a native of America .

PULLEY,

in mechanics. one of lhe mechanical powers.

See

MECHASI CS.

P ULMO, the LVNC', in ao"omy. See ANATOMV, p.

280.

PULMONARI.~,

in botany. a genus of the pentandria

monogynia claf, . The corolla is funnd ·lhaped; and the

calix has 11\'e (ides . There are feven fpecics, twO of

them natives of Britain,

viz.

the officina lis, or buglos·

co~'

flips, lhe leav(:s of which

..re

reckoned petloral and

cordi",c

aod

the maritiml, or fea-bu&! ofs.

PULMOi'lAR

vtSSELS, in

anatomy. See

AN I\TObtY.

p,rt

111.

and IV . and p.

280 .

P ULP, in pharmaey, the flelhy and fueeulcnt

pa"

of fruits,

exuaéled by in(ufion or boihng. and palJ'cd through a

tieve.

PULP1T.

an tlevatcd pbce in a chu'ch, whence fermolls

are dclivercd: Ihe French give th: f..me name tO

read·

ing

deO<.

P UL'>ATILLA, in botany. S ee A SEMOSE.

PULSE,

in Ihe anima l ceconomy, denotes lhe bcalinr. or

throtJbioR

of rht!

hean ;lod arterit:s.

W ith

regaro

mOlion, lhe

pul fes

are reckoncd only

four,

gr(:~t

flntl

¡'/lle ,

r¡ui~ k

(j,nd

n{J'.I.·.

\Vhen ']lIickncfs

and

grcalr.cf

:t ..

júim;d togcthc.r, it hecol\lcs violcnt ;

aod whcn it i, J¡ttle .nd /lo\V, it is c.l/Ld a \l'cak pul[e.

P U N

They are

. 1(0

f.id

lo bo frequen, and "re. 'qual and un–

eqllal; bur tht;{c" are nor the

drentii<I

affe{ljons of moticn.

Frcq uency and quicknefs are o(ten confoum.led

WHh

each

other. A pulfe is

f.id

to be harJ or fofr, with regard '

to the artery. according as it is teofe, rcnilcnt, and hard,

or A,eeid. fof., and I.x. Add to thefe. a eon"ultive pulfe;.

"hieh do.. not proeecd f, om the blaod, but from the

f1"e of the .artery, and is known by a tremulous fubful–

lory motion, and the artery

fums

be drawn upwards:

chis, in acuce fevers, is the ligo of death; 2nd

ís

(aid

be the pul(e in dying, perfons. whieh is likewifc generally

unequal and intermiuing.

great pulfe rhews a more

copious amux of the blood to ,he hca'!, and from lhenee

into lhe arteries : a little pulfe, the cootrary.

PUL SO is alfo u(ed for the Hroke with \\'hieh any mediunl is

affcéled by ,he mo:ion of light, foond,

&c.

through il.

P ULSE,

in botany,

term "pplied

all thofe

gr~ins

feeds which are gathered with the hílnd, in contraJiHinc–

tion tO coro,

which are reaped. or mowcJ : or it is

the feed of the IcguminolSs kinu uf plants, as veans, vet–

ches,

&c.

bu, i, is by fome ufed for artiehokes, arpara–

gus,

&c.

PULVERIZATION, ,he art of pulverizing, or redueing.

• dry body into a 6ne powder; whieh is performed in

friable bodles, by poundínci or beating them in a monar,

&c.

PULVIS, a POWOER. See POWOER .

PUMICE, in natural hillory, • Aag or einder of fome fofo

(jI,

originally bearing another form. and only reduced to

this nate by the aélion of the 6re, though generally rank–

en by authors among the oalive (tones.

is a

J;¡x

and

fpungy mancr, frequently of an obfcure llriated lexturc

nldny pans, and always f'ery ca\'ernous 2nd full of

hales;

is hard and h:.rrh

the touch, bUl much light–

er than any other body that comes uoder the claf. of

(lones

is (ouad in m:1{fes of different (izes, and of

a perfeélly irregular Ih'pe, from ,he bignefs of a pigeoo's

egg. lO Ihal of a oulhel, "Ve have it from m:lhy parlS

of Ihe wor/d, but partieularly from aboul ,he burni og

mountains JEl oa. Vefuvius, and Hecla, by wllofe erup–

lioos it is thro\Vn up in

Tan

abuodance; and ucing by itJ

lightnefs Cupported

the air, is carried

jotO

(I!as at fome

ddtallce by

lhe

winds, and Ihence to diflan l fhorcs.

Thc

great ufe of the pumice

aruong

lhe

ancients~

{cems tO

havc heeo as

dcnufrice, and at prcfent it is relained

the

O\OPS

the { ...

account.

PUMP. in hydraulics. See HVOROSTATtC S, p.

808.

&c.

Air,PuMP.

See

PIH UI'>1A TI CS,

P. 49 1.

PUN,

PUNH ,

ti.

concdt arifiog flom che ufe oft\'lo worJs

Ih.u agree in found, but difFa

Ihe {cnfe.

rifl

otle

dclclibcs

t\Vo

or Ihree kinds

puns 3mong (he beaulies

of good

writing,

and produces inflances of Ihem' out of

fome of Ihe grC';uctl íluthors in Ihe

reek tongue.

Ci–

cero has fprinklt:d feveral of his 'Vorks wilh puns; and

in his book, wllcre he lays down the rules of oriltory,

quotes abundznce offayings, which he caJls pieces

(.Ir

wil ,

Ihu upon C!xílmination prove perfeél puns ,

PUNCH,

an inflrument ofiron or

lIceJ,

uCed

Ceveral

arls,

for Ihe piercillg or lhmping holC!s

pl.ltCS of meul ,

&c.

l>eiog fo contrived as

not

only lO pl!rfor:ue, but to

cu~

out

ann

t:tk~

a\\lay the piecc.

P UNCHEON,

a /rttle

blo~k

or piee, of neel, on one cnd

\\h(.rcof is

fOlne

figure,

I~ttcr.

or mzrk,

(,"gran~n

cithc:r