pulp

n. [ L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F. pulpe. ] A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically: (a) (Anat.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth. (b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape. (c) The exterior part of a coffee berry. B. Edwards. (d) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. poulpeton, poupeton, a sort of ragout. ] A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quality or state of being pulpy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulpitum: cf. OF. pulpite, F. pulpitre. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

I stand like a clerk in my pulpit. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching. [ 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 ]

3. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

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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 ]