Puling
(Pul"ing), a. Whimpering; whining; childish.
Pulingly
(Pul"ing*ly), adv. With whining or complaint.
Pulkha
(||Pulk"ha) n. A Laplander's traveling sledge. See Sledge.
Pull
(Pull) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulling.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael.
peall, piol, spiol.]
1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.
Shak.
He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
Gen. viii. 9. 2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Lam. iii. 11. 3. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
4. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.
6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; — hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8.
Never pull a straight fast ball to leg.
R. H. Lyttelton. To pull and haul, to draw hither and thither. " Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which
they are unable to do. " South. — To pull down, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down
a house. " In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up." Howell. "
To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud." Roscommon. — To pull a finch. See under Finch.
— To pull off, take or draw off.
Pull
(Pull) v. i. To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
To pull apart, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope will pull apart. — To pull up, to draw the
reins; to stop; to halt. — To pull through, to come successfully to the end of a difficult undertaking, a
dangerous sickness, or the like.
Pull
(Pull), n.
1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.
I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box.
Swift. 2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. Carew.
3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]
Two pulls at once;
His lady banished, and a limb lopped off.
Shak. 4. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
