01 n. Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
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Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.“If all the world Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse.” — Milton.
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5 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Pulse
/pŭls/
· IPA /pʌls/
02 n. The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.
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The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.(Physiol.)
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Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.“The measured pulse of racing oars.” — Tennyson.“When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke.” — Burke.“the pulse wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second.” — H. N. Martin.
03 v. i. To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.
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To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.
04 v. t. To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate.
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To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate.[R.]