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PURS'ED, pp. Put in a purse. 1. Contracted into folds or wrinkles.
PURSE-PROUD, a. Proud of wealth; puffed up with the possession of money or riches.
PURSE-PRIDE, n. Pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth.
PURSE, n. purs. [L. byrsa, an ox hide; Gr. id.] 1. A small bag in which money is...
PUR'ROCK, n. [for paddock or parrock, park.] A small enclosure.
PUR'RING, ppr. Murmuring as a cat.
PURRE, n. Cyderkin or perkin; the liquor made by steeping the gross matter of pr...
PURR, v.i. To murmur as a cat. [See Pur .] PURR , n. A sea lark.
PUR'PURIC, a. Purpuric acid is produced by the action of nitric acid upon the li...
PUR'PURE, n. In heraldry, purple, represented in engraving by diagonal lines.
PUR'PURATE, n. A compound of purpuric acid and a salifiable base.
PUR'PRISE, n. A close or inclosure; also, the whole compass of a manor.
PUR'PRESTURE, n. In law, a nuisance, consisting in an inclosure of or encroachme...
PUR'POSELY, adv. by design; intentionally; with predetermination. In composing t...
PUR'POSELESS, a. Having no effect. [Little used.]
PUR'POSED, pp. Intended; designed; applied to things. 1. Resolved; having formed...