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Webster 1913 Edition


Pullet

Pul′let

,
Noun.
[OE.
polete
, OF.
polete
, F.
poulette
, dim. of
poule
a hen, fr. L.
pullus
a young animal, a young fowl. See
Foal
, and cf.
Poult
,
Poultry
,
Pool
stake.]
A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.
Pullet sperm
,
the treadle of an egg.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pullet

PULL'ET

,
Noun.
[L. pullus; Gr. coinciding with Eng.foal.]
A young hen or female of the gallinaceous kind of fowls.