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puler|ˈpjuːlə(r)|
[f. pule v. + -er1.]
1. One who pules; a whining, weakly person.
1579–80North Plutarch (1895) III. 7 When they sawe other..tenderly brought up like pulers. 1602Middleton Blurt, Master-Constable ii. ii, Flaxen-haired men are such pulers, and such piddlers, and such chicken-hearts. 1662R. Codrington tr. Ruggle's Ignoramus v. ii, I am not such a puler as Mistress Katharine to be Sea-sick. 1832Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 490 The puler at last has qualms.
†2. A young bird, a fledgeling. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Pepieur, a peeper, cheeper; puler. 1618Latham 2nd Bk. Falconry (1633) 56 To leaue her, and returne to the Eyas, Brancher, or Puler. |