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To bud again. Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field. Howell.

The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.

One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom. [Prov. Eng.]

To exert one's influence secretly. [Obs.] Ld. North.

One who underpulls. [Obs.]

One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer. Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.

The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

g together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

Same as Ampulla, 2.

To pull away. [Obs.] Yet are not these parts avelled. Sir T. Browne.

To pluck or pull off. Shenstone.

A method of tripping by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way. -- v. t.

l barometer, a barometer with recurved tube, and a float, from which a cord passes over a pulley and moves an index.

To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.

or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery.

Kind; benevolent. [Obs.] T. Puller.

A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to chang…

The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.

ere it passes through a roof. Boot catcher, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift. -- Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. -- Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. -- Boot hook, a hook…

A device for pulling off boots.