▪ I. puly, a.
(ˈpjuːlɪ)
[f. pule v. + -y.]
Given to puling; whining; sickly.
| a 1688 Bunyan Solomon's Temple Spiritualized li. The church of Christ is of herself a very sickly puely thing. 1861 Sala in Temple Bar Mag. III. 25 The puly shabby piety which prompts some people..to be perpetually scrawling begging-letters to Heaven. |
▪ II. † puly Herb.,
var. of poly1. (Cf. puliol.)
| 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 60 Digestiues of fleume. Persely..Sinuy, Puly, Maioram, Peniroyall. |