puler
(ˈpjuːlə(r))
[f. pule v. + -er1.]
1. One who pules; a whining, weakly person.
| 1579–80 North Plutarch (1895) III. 7 When they sawe other..tenderly brought up like pulers. 1602 Middleton Blurt, Master-Constable ii. ii, Flaxen-haired men are such pulers, and such piddlers, and such chicken-hearts. 1662 R. Codrington tr. Ruggle's Ignoramus v. ii, I am not such a puler as Mistress Katharine to be Sea-sick. 1832 Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 490 The puler at last has qualms. |
† 2. A young bird, a fledgeling. Obs.
| 1611 Cotgr., Pepieur, a peeper, cheeper; puler. 1618 Latham 2nd Bk. Falconry (1633) 56 To leaue her, and returne to the Eyas, Brancher, or Puler. |