*ulch*

n. See Falchion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Act of gulching or gulping. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A glutton. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. gulchen; cf. dial. Sw. gölka to gulch, D. gulzig greedy, or E. gulp. ] To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hunch. ] A hunch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Swollen; gibbous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. mull dirt, also Prov. G. mulsch, molsch, rotten, soft, mellow, as fruit. ] Half-rotten straw, or any similar light, porous, organic substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to hinder weed growth and preserve moisture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mulched p. pr. & vb. n. Mulching. ] To cover or dress with mulch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulchritudo, fr. pulcher beautiful. ] 1. That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. Court of Love. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the pulchritude of their souls make up what is wanting in the beauty of their bodies. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sepulcralis: cf. F. sépulcral. ] 1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. sépulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury. ] The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stony entrance of this sepulcher. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. John xx. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See Matt. xxiii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]