PURROCK
PUR'ROCK, noun [for paddock or parrock, park.] A small enclosure.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PURSE
PURSE, noun purs. [Latin byrsa, an ox hide; Gr. id.]1. A small bag in which money is contained or carried in the pocket. It was formerly made of leather, and is still made of th...
PURSE-PRIDE
PURSE-PRIDE, noun Pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth.
PURSE-PROUD
PURSE-PROUD, adjective Proud of wealth; puffed up with the possession of money or riches.
PURSED
PURS'ED, participle passive Put in a purse.1. Contracted into folds or wrinkles.
PURSENET
PURSENET, noun purs'net. A net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse.
PURSER
PURS'ER, noun In the navy, an officer who has charge of the provisions of a ship of war, and attends to their preservation and distribution among the officers and crew.
PURSINESS
PURSINESS, a mistake for pussiness. [See Pussy.]
PURSLAIN
PURS'LAIN, noun [The Latin is portulaca. See Leek.]A plant of the genus Portulaca. The sea purslain is of the genus Atriplex. The tree sea purslain is the Atriplex halimus. (See...
PURSLAIN-TREE
PURS'LAIN-TREE, noun [Latin halimus.] A shrub proper for hedges.
PURSUABLE
PURSU'ABLE, adjective [from pursue.]That may be pursued, followed of prosecuted.
PURSUANCE
PURSU'ANCE, adjective [from pursue.] A following; prosecution, process or continued exertion to reach or accomplish something; as in pursuance of the main design.1. Consequence;...
PURSUANT
PURSU'ANT, adjective [from pursue] Done in consequence or prosecution of any thing; hence, agreeable; conformable. pursuant to a former resolution the house proceeded to appoint...
PURSUE
PURSUE, verb transitive [Latin sequor; prosequor, or persequor. See Seek.]1. To follow; to go or proceed after or in a like direction. The captain pursued the same course as for...
PURSUED
PURSU'ED, participle passive Followed; chased; prosecuted; continued.
PURSUER
PURSU'ER, noun One that follows; one that chases; one that follows in haste with a view to overtake.
PURSUING
PURSU'ING, participle present tense Following; chasing; hastening after to overtake; prosecuting; proceeding in; continuing.
PURSUIT
PURSUIT, noun The act of following with a view to overtake; a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; as the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy.1. A follow...
PURSUIVANT
PUR'SUIVANT, noun A state messenger; an attendant on the heralds.
PURSY
PURS'Y, a corrupt orthography. [See Pussy.]
PURTENANCE
PUR'TENANCE, noun [from the Latin pertinens, pertineo. See Appurtenance. (that which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage)]Appurtenance; but applied to the pluck ...
PURULENCE
PU'RULENCEPU'RULENCY, noun [Latin purulentus, from pus, puris, matter.]The generation of pus or matter; pus.
PURULENCY
PU'RULENCY, n. [L.purulentus, from pus, puris, matter.]The generation of pus or matter; pus.
PURULENT
PU'RULENT, adjective Consisting of pus or matter; partaking of the nature of pus.
PURVEY
PURVEY, verb transitive [Latin provideo.]1. To provide; to provide with conveniences.2. To procure.PURVEY, verb intransitive To purchase provisions; to provide.
PURVEYANCE
PURVEYANCE, noun Procurement of provisions or victuals.1. Provision; victuals provided.2. In English laws, the royal prerogative or right of pre-emption, by which the king was a...
PURVEYOR
PURVEYOR, noun One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer.1. An officer who formerly provided or exacted provision for the king...