a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. vulpes a fox + caedere to kill. ] One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox.
n. [ L. pulpitum: cf. OF. pulpite, F. pulpitre. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I stand like a clerk in my pulpit. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching;
a. Placed in a pulpit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A preacher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [ R. ] --
a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [ R. & Obs. ] “ Mere pulpitry.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pulpitum: cf. OF. pulpite, F. pulpitre. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I stand like a clerk in my pulpit. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching;
a. Placed in a pulpit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A preacher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [ R. ] --
a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [ R. & Obs. ] “ Mere pulpitry.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]