Chapter 1238

Pu"ri*ty (?) , n. [OE. purete , purte , OF. purt\'82 , F. puret\'82 , from L. puritas , fr. purus pure. See Pure .] The condition of being pure. Specifically: (a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals . (b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. "The purity of a linen vesture." Holyday . (c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life . (d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views. (e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style .

Purkinje's cells <Xpage=1165>

Pur"kin*je's cells` (?) . [From J. E. Purkinje , their discoverer.] (Anat.) Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.

Purl <Xpage=1165>

Purl (?) , v. t. [Contr. fr. purfile , purfle . See Purfle .] To decorate with fringe or embroidery. "Nature's cradle more enchased and purled ."

B. Jonson.

Purl <Xpage=1165>

Purl , n. 1. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl. Sir P. Sidney .

2. An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance.

Purl stitch . Same as Purl , n. , 2.

Purl <Xpage=1165>

Purl , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Purled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Purling .] [Cf. Sw. porla , and E. pur to murmur as a cat.] 1. To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions.

Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, Louder and louder purl the falling rills. Pope.

2. [Perh. fr. F. perler to pearl, to bead. See Pearl , v. & n. ] To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

thin winding breath which purled up to the sky. Shak.

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Purl , n. [See 3d Purl .] 1. A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.

Whose stream an easy breath doth seem to blow, Which on the sparkling gravel runs in purles , As though the waves had been of silver curls. Drayton.

2. A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook .

3. [Perh. from F. perler , v. See Purl to mantle.] Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices. "Drank a glass of purl to recover appetite." Addison . "Drinking hot purl , and smoking pipes." Dickens .

4. (Zo\'94l.) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]

Purlieu <Xpage=1165>

Pur"lieu (?) , n. [Corrupted (by influence of lieu place) fr. OF. pural\'82e , poral\'82e (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a survey of boundaries, originally, a going through); por (L. pro , confused, however, with L. per through) + al\'82e . See Pro- , and Alley .] [Written also pourlieu .] 1. Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.

Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play. Milton.

2. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. "The purlieus of St. James."

brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court. Macaulay.

Purlin, Purline <Xpage=1165>

Pur"lin , Pur"line (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Arch.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.

Purling <Xpage=1165>

Purl"ing (?) , n. [See 3d Purl .] The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing.

Purloin <Xpage=1165>

Pur*loin" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Purloined (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Purloining .] [OF. purloignier , porloignier , to retard, delay; pur , por , pour , for (L. pro ) + loin far, far off (L. longe ). See Prolong , and cf. Eloign .] To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.

Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. Milton.

when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ? Dryden.

Purloin <Xpage=1165>

Pur*loin" , v. i. To practice theft; to steal.

Titus ii. 10.

Purloiner <Xpage=1165>

Pur*loin"er (?) , n. One who purloins.

Swift.

Purparty <Xpage=1165>

Pur"par`ty (?) , n. [OF. pourpartie ; pour for + partie a part; cf. OF. purpart a respective part.] (Law) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener. [Written also purpart , and pourparty .]

I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties , as well as my own thirds. Walpole.

Purple <Xpage=1165>

Pur"ple (?) , n. ; pl. Purples (#) . [OE. purpre , pourpre , OF. purpre , porpre , pourpre , F. pourpre , L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. <?/ the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. <?/ dark (said of the sea), purple, <?/ to grow dark (said of the sea), to be troubled; perh. akin to L. furere to rage, E. fury : cf. AS. purpure . Cf. Porphyry , Purpure .] 1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.

Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Milton.

&hand; The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson . In the gradations of color as defined in art, purple is a mixture of red and blue. When red predominates it is called violet , and when blue predominates, hyacinth .

2. Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple .

Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple , and scarlet. Ex. xxvi. 1.

3. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. "He was born in the purple ."

Gibbon.

4. A cardinalate. See Cardinal .

5. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis ) as, the banded purple ( B. arthemis ). See Illust . under Ursula .

6. (Zo\'94l.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.

7. pl. (Med.) See Purpura .

8. pl. A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle .

&hand; Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. with participles forming words of obvious signification; as, purple -colored, purple -hued, purple -stained, purple -tinged, purple -tinted, and the like.

French purple . (Chem.) Same as Cudbear . -- Purple of Cassius . See Cassius . -- Purple of mollusca (Zo\'94l.) , a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex. -- To be born in the purple , to be of princely birth; to be highborn.

Purple <Xpage=1165>

Pur"ple , a. 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe .

2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.

Hide in the dust thy purple pride. Shelley.

3. Blood-red; bloody.

May such purple tears be alway shed. Shak.

I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. Dryden.

Purple bird (Zo\'94l.) , the European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule . -- Purple copper ore . (Min.) See Bornite . -- Purple grackle (Zo\'94l.) , the crow blackbird. See under Crow . -- Purple martin . See under Martin . -- Purple sandpiper . See under Sandpiper . -- Purple shell . See Ianthina .

Purple <Xpage=1165>

Pur"ple (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Purpled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Purpling .] To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood .

When morn Purples the east. Milton.

Reclining soft in blissful bowers, Purpled sweet with springing flowers. Fenton.

Purpleheart <Xpage=1165>

Pur"ple*heart` (?) , n. (Bot.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera ( C. pubiflora, bracteata, &and; officinalis ). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba .

Purplewood <Xpage=1165>

Pur"ple*wood` (?) , n. Same as Purpleheart .

Purplish <Xpage=1165>

Pur"plish (?) , a. Somewhat purple.

Boyle.

Purport <Xpage=1165>

Pur"port (?) , n. [OF. purport ; pur , pour , for (L. pro ) + porter to bear, carry. See Port demeanor.]

1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

The whole scope and purport of that dialogue. Norris . With a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell. Shak.

2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.]

For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide. Spenser.

Purport <Xpage=1165>

Pur"port , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Purported ; p. pr. & vb. n. Purporting .] [OF. purporter , pourporter . See Purport , n. ] To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.

They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which little purported . Rowe.

Purportless <Xpage=1165>

Pur"port*less , a. Without purport or meaning.

Purpose <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pose (?) , n. [OF. purpos , pourpos , propos , L. propositum . See Propound .] 1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.

He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer.

As my eternal purpose hath decreed. Milton.

The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it. Shak.

2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.]

Spenser.

3. Instance; example. [Obs.]

L'Estrange.

In purpose , Of purpose , On purpose , with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.

Syn. -- design; end; intention; aim. See Design .

Purpose <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pose , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Purposed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Purposing .] [OF. purposer , proposer . See Propose .] 1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]

2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.

Chaucer.

Did nothing purpose against the state. Shak.

I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. Macaulay.

Purpose <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pose , v. i. To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Purposedly <Xpage=1165>

Pur"posed*ly (?) , adv. In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely.

A poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war. Holland .

Purposeful <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pose*ful (?) , a. Important; material. "Purposeful accounts." Tylor . -- Pur"pose*ful*ly , adv.

Purposeless <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pose*less , a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall . -- Pur"pose*less*ness , n.

Purposely <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pose*ly , adv. With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.

In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all offensive and displeasing truths. Atterbury.

So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By chance go right, they purposely go wrong. Pope.

Purposer <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pos*er (?) , n. 1. One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer. [Obs.]

2. One who forms a purpose; one who intends.

Purposive <Xpage=1165>

Pur"po*sive (?) , a. Having or indicating purpose or design. " Purposive characters."

Bastian.

Purposive modification of structure in a bone. Owen.

It is impossible that the frog should perform actions more purposive than these. Huxley.

Purpre <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pre (?) , n. & a. Purple. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Purpresture <Xpage=1165>

Pur*pres"ture (?) , n. [Probably corrupted (see Prest ) fr. OF. pourprisure , fr. pourprendre : cf. LL. purprestura . Cf. Purprise .] (Law) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc. [Written also pourpresture .]

Purprise <Xpage=1165>

Pur"prise (?) , n. [OF. pourpris ,fr. pourprendre to take away entirely; pour for + prendre to take.] A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor.

Bacon.

Purpura <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pu*ra (?) , n. [L., purple, purple fish: cf. F. purpura . See Purple .] 1. (Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.

Dunglison.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.

Purpurate <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pu*rate (?) , a. Of or pertaining to purpura.

Purpurate <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pu*rate , n. (Chem.) A salt of purpuric acid.

Purpure <Xpage=1165>

Pur"pure (?) , n. [L. purpura purple. See Purple .] (Her.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).

Purpureal <Xpage=1165>

Pur*pu"re*al (?) , a. Of a purple color; purple.

Purpureo- <Xpage=1165>

Pur*pu"re*o- (?) . A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color . Specif. (Chem.) , used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic .

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Purpuric <Xpage=1166>

Pur*pu"ric (?) , a. [Cf. F. purpurique .]

1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to purpura.

Dunglison.

2. (Chem.) Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name.

&hand; Purpuric acid was formerly used to designate murexan. See Murexan .

Pyrpurin <Xpage=1166>

Pyr"pu*rin (?) , n. (Chem.) A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.

Pyrpuriparous <Xpage=1166>

Pyr`pu*rip"a*rous (?) , a. [L. purpura purple + parere to produce.] (Biol.) Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods .

Purpurogenous <Xpage=1166>

Pur`pu*rog"e*nous (?) , a. [L. purpura purple + -genous .] (Biol.) Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye . See Visual purple , under Visual .

Purr <Xpage=1166>

Purr (?) , v. i. & t. To murmur as a cat. See Pur .

Purr <Xpage=1166>

Purr , n. The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See Pur .

Purre <Xpage=1166>

Purre (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]

Purree <Xpage=1166>

Pur"ree (?) , n. [Hind. peori yellow.] (Chem.) A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin .

Purrock <Xpage=1166>

Pur"rock (?) , n. See Puddock , and Parrock .

Purse <Xpage=1166>

Purse (?) , n. [OE. purs , pors , OF. burse , borse , bourse , F. bourse , LL. bursa, fr. Gr. <?/ hide, skin, leather. Cf. Bourse , Bursch , Bursar , Buskin .] 1. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.

Chaucer.

Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak.

2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse .

3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse ; to make up a purse .

4. A specific sum of money ; as: (a) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters . (b) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.