Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Puling \Pul"ing\, n.
   A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.

         Leave this faint puling and lament as I do. --Shak.

Puling \Pul"ing\, a.
   Whimpering; whining; childish.