Webster's Dictionary 1913

9829

Pure

Pure (?), a. [Compar.Purer (?); superl.Purest.] [OE. pur, F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider, ...

9830

Pured

Pured (?), a. Purified; refined. “Bread of pured wheat.” “Pured gold.” Chaucer.

9831

Purée

‖Pu′rée″ (?), n. A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a purée of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of w...

9832

Purely

Pure″ly (?), adv. 1. In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective).2. Nicely; prettily. Halliwell.

9833

Pureness

Pure″ness, n. The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).

9834

Purfile

Pur″file (?), n. [See Purfle.] A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; — called also bobbinwork. Piers Plowman.

9835

Purfle

Pur″fle (?), v. t. [OF. pourfiler; pour for + fil a thread, L. filum. See Profile, and cf. Purl a border.] 1. To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to orn...

9836

Purfle (2)

{ Pur″fle (?), Pur″flew (?), } n. 1. A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work.2. (Her.) A border of any heraldic fur.

9837

Purfled

Pur″fled (?), a. Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges.Purfled work(Arch.), delicate tracery, especially in Gothic architecture.

9838

Purfling

Pur″fling (?), n. Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin.

9839

Purgament

Pur″ga‐ment (?), n. [L. purgamentum offscourings, washings, expiatory sacrifice. See Purge.] 1. That which is excreted; excretion.2. (Med.) A cathartic; a purgative. Bacon.

9840

Purgation

Pur‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. purgatio: cf. F. purgation. See Purge.] 1. The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, o...

9841

Purgative

Pur″ga‐tive (?), a. [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.] Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. — n.(Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.

9842

Purgatively

Pur″ga‐tive‐ly, adv. In a purgative manner.

9843

Purgatorial

{ Pur′ga‐to″ri‐al (?), Pur′ga‐to″ri‐an (?), } a. Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory.

9844

Purgatorian (2)

Pur′ga‐to″ri‐an, n. One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory. Boswell.

9845

Purgatory

Pur″ga‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. purgatorius.] Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory. Burke.

9846

Purgatory (2)

Pur″ga‐to‐ry, n. [Cf. F. purgatoire.] A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in ...

9847

Purge

Purge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Purged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Purging (?).] [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See Pure, and Agent.] 1. To cleanse, clear, or ...

9848

Purge (2)

Purge, v. i. 1. To become pure, as by clarification.2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

9849

Purge (3)

Purge, n. [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.] 1. The act of purging.The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. Fuller.2. That which purges; especia...

9850

Purger

Pur″ger (?), n. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.

9851

Purgery

Pur″ger‐y (?), n. The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar.

9852

Purging

Pur″ging (?), a. That purges; cleansing.Purging flax(Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus Linum (L. catharticum); dwarf wild flax; — so called from its use as a catharti...

9853

Purging (2)

Pur″ging, n.(Med.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.

9854

Puri

Pur″i (?), n.(Chem.) See Euxanthin.

9855

Purification

Pu′ri‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [F. purification, L. purificatio. See Purify.] 1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impu...