Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pule"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pule \Pule\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Puling}.] [F. piauler; cf. L. pipilare, pipire, to peep,
pip, chirp, and E. peep to chirp.]
1. To cry like a chicken. --Bacon.
2. To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
It becometh not such a gallant to whine and pule.
--Barrow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pule
v : cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: {wail}, {whimper},
{mewl}]
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