*pur_e*

n. 1. miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
Syn. -- gear, paraphernalia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance. ] Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common appurtenant. (Law) See under Common, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket [ 1913 Webster ]

To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cutpurse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disburse. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. dépourvoir. ] To disfurnish; to strip. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of provisions; &unr_;ack of food. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. espurgier. See Expurgate. ] To purge away. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rides before; a harbinger. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Violent; impetuous; headstrong. Spenser. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who steals purses, or money from purses. Latimer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from the Isle of Purbeck in England. ] (Geol.) The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Purslane. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and then blending it or rubbing it through a sieve; as, a purée of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖v. t. [ F. ] To grind or blend into a paste with the solids finely divided; to make into a puree. [ PJC ]

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 purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. “Till fire purge all things new.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. [ 1913 Webster ]

When that he hath purged you from sin. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Ps. li. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Ps. lxxix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

We 'll join our cares to purge away
Our country's crimes. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become pure, as by clarification. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t. ] 1. The act of purging. [ 1913 Webster ]

The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The dunlin. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. peori yellow. ] (Chem.) A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F. bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A specific sum of money; as: (a) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters. (b) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans. [ 1913 Webster ]

Light purse, or
Empty purse, poverty or want of resources. --
Long purse, or
Heavy purse, wealth; riches. --
Purse crab (Zool.), any land crab of the genus Birgus, allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also palm crab. --
Purse net, a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. Mortimer. --
Purse pride, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. Bp. Hall. --
Purse rat. (Zool.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. --
Sword and purse, the military power and financial resources of a nation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pursed p. pr. & vb. n. Pursing. ] 1. To put into a purse. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will go and purse the ducats straight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou . . . didst contract and purse thy brow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To steal purses; to rob. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pursefuls All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Purse, and cf. Bursar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Naut.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Purser's name (Naut.), a false name. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of purser. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A purse or purse net. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. fr. appurtenance. ] That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal. [ Obs. ] “ The purtenaunces of purgatory.” Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Roast [ it ] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance [ Rev. Ver., inwards ] thereof. Ex. xii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Purveyance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Purveyed p. pr. & vb. n. Purveying. ] [ OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir, porveoir, F. pourvoir, fr. L. providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview. ] 1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey
Yourself of sword before that bloody day. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To procure; to get. [ 1913 Webster ]

I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. Sir W. Scot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision. Chaucer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pander; -- with to. “ Their turpitude purveys to their malice.” [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pourvoyance. ] 1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is provided; provisions; food. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Law) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F. pourvoyeur. See Purvey, and cf. Proveditor. ] 1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. [ Obs. ] W. Cartright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. espurge, F. épurge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See Expurgate, Purge. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spurge flax, an evergreen shrub (Daphne Gnidium) with crowded narrow leaves. It is a native of Southern Europe. --
Spurge laurel, a European shrub (Daphne Laureola) with oblong evergreen leaves. --
Spurge nettle. See under Nettle. --
Spurge olive, an evergreen shrub (Daphne oleoides) found in the Mediterranean region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any euphorbiaceous plant. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no spurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who spurns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spurred corolla (Bot.), a corolla in which there are one or more petals with a spur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who spurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Spurry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1st pref. un- + purse + -ed. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Robbed of a purse, or of money. [ R. ] Pollock. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Taken from the purse; expended. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]