n. An exceptionally advantageous position from which to extol one's ideas; -- applied especially to the presidency of the United States, which was described thus by President Theodore Rossevelt. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisæma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called Indian turnip.
Syn. -- Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn. -- cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pulped p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping. ] 1. To reduce to pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other mode is to pulp the coffee immediately as it comes from the tree. By a simple machine a man will pulp a bushel in a minute. B. Edwards. [ 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 ]

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

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. ] -- Pul*pit"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]

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 ]

a. [ L. pulposus: cf. F. pulpeux. See Pulp. ] Containing pulp; pulpy. “ Pulpous fruit.” J. Philips. -- Pulp"ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry. [ 1913 Webster ]