Pulse (?), n. [OE. puls, L. puls, pultis, a thick pap or pottage made of meal, pulse, etc. See Poultice, and cf. Pousse.] Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
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If all the world
Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse. Milton.
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Pulse, v. i. To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb. Ray.
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