*puli*

a. [ Cupule + -ferous: cf. F. cupulifère. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a gumboil; Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; gums. ] (Med.) A hard tumor developed from the gums. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. lupulin. See Lupuline. ] 1. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted from hops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle. [ Written also lupuline. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. lupulus the hop, fr. L. lupus the hop: cf. F. lupuline. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. populus people + caedere to kill. ] Slaughter of the people. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. populus poplar: cf. F. populine. ] (Chem.) A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus), and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (U. S. Politics) The political doctrines advocated by the People's party. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. populus people + -ist. ] (U. S. Politics) A member of the People's party. -- Pop`u*lis"tic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. [ From L. pulex, pulicis, a flea. ] Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pulicosus, from pulex, a flea. ] Abounding with fleas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cry, as of a chicken, ; a whining or whimpering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave this faint puling and lament as I do. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Whimpering; whining; childish. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With whining or complaint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scopulae, pl., a little broom (fr. scopae a broom) + pes, pedis, foot. ] (Zool.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scrupler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples. [ Obs. ] Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) A serpula. [ 1913 Webster ]