PURFLE
PUR'FLE, verb transitive To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; as, to purfle with blue and white, or with gold and pearl.PUR'FLE
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PURFLEW
PUR'FLEW, noun A border of embroidered work.1. In heraldry, ermins, peans or furs which compose a bordure.
PURGAMENT
PURG'AMENT, noun [Latin purgamen.] A cathartic.
PURGATION
PURGA'TION, noun [Latin purgatio. See Purge.]1. The act or operation of cleansing or purifying by separating and carrying off impurities or whatever is superfluous; applied to t...
PURGATIVE
PURG'ATIVE, adjective Having the power of cleansing; usually, having the power of evacuating the bowels; cathartic.PURG'ATIVE, noun A medicine that evacuates the bowels; a catha...
PURGATORIAL
PURGATO'RIALPURGATO'RIAN, adjective Pertaining to purgatory.
PURGATORIAN
PURGATO'RIAN, a. Pertaining to purgatory.
PURGATORY
PURG'ATORY, adjective [Latin purgatorius, from purgo, to purge.]Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.PURG'ATORY, noun Among catholics, a supposed place or state after death,...
PURGE
PURGE, verb transitive purj. [Latin purgo.]1. To cleanse or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign or superfluous; as, to purge the bod...
PURGED
PURG'ED, participle passive Purified; cleansed; evacuated.
PURGER
PURG'ER, noun A person or thing that purges or cleanses.1. A cathartic.
PURGING
PURG'ING, participle present tense Cleansing; purifying; carrying off impurities or superfluous matter.PURG'ING, noun A diarrhea or dysentery; preternatural evacuation by stool;...
PURIFICATION
PURIFICA'TION, noun [Latin purificatio. See Purify.]1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from any thing that which is heterogeneous or foreig...
PURIFICATIVE
PURIF'ICATIVEPURIF'ICATORY, adjective Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
PURIFICATORY
PURIF'ICATORY, a. Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
PURIFIER
PU'RIFIER, noun [from purify.] That which purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner. Fire was held by the ancients to be an excellent purifier
PURIFORM
PU'RIFORM, adjective [Latin pus, puris and form.]Like pus; in the form of pus.
PURIFY
PU'RIFY, verb transitive [Latin purifico; purus, pure, and facio, to make.]1. To make pure or clear; to free from extraneous admixture; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purif...
PURIFYING
PU'RIFYING, participle passive Removing foreign or heterogeneous matter; cleansing from pollution; fining; making clear.PU'RIFYING, noun The act or operation of making pure or o...
PURIM
PU'RIM, noun Among the Jews, the feast of lots, instituted to commemorate their deliverance from the machinations of Haman. Esther 9:26.
PURIST
PU'RIST, noun One excessively nice in the use of words.
PURITAN
PU'RITAN, noun [from pure.] A dissenter from the church of England. The puritans were so called in derision, on account of their professing to follow the pure word of God, in op...
PURITANIC
PURITAN'ICPURITAN'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to the puritans or their doctrines and practice; exact; rigid; as puritanical notions or opinions; puritanical manners.
PURITANICAL
PURITAN'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the puritans or their doctrines and practice; exact; rigid; as puritanical notions or opinions; puritanical manners.
PURITANISM
PU'RITANISM, noun The notions or practice of puritans.
PURITANIZE
PU'RITANIZE, verb intransitive To deliver the notions of puritans.
PURITY
PU'RITY, noun [Latin puritas, form purus.]1. Freedom from foreign admixture or heterogeneous matter; as the purity of water, of wine, of spirit; the purity of drugs; the purity ...