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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 644 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PULSE . (I) (0. Fr. See also:

poll, See also:Lat. pals, pultis, Gr. rains, a See also:porridge of beans, peas, &c.), in See also:botany, a collective See also:term forbeans, peas, and other members of the See also:order See also:Leguminosae (q.v.), which is characterized by having a legume or pod for the See also:fruit. (2) (M. Eng. pous, See also:ponce, O. Fr. pous, mod. pousse, Lat. pulsus, sc. venarum, the beating of the See also:veins, pellere, to drive, See also:beat), throbbing or beating; in See also:physiology the rhythmical beating due to the changes of See also:blood-tension in the See also:arteries consequent on the contractions of their elastic tissues (see VASCULAR See also:SYSTEM).

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