Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
If all the world
Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse.
Pulse
n.
The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries. (Physiol.)
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.
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.
the pulse wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second.
Pulse
v. i.
To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.
Pulse
v. t.
To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate. [R.]