purpura 
symptomatlca, a iiurpuric eruptlun occurring as a syinn- 
torn of gome distinct disease, as smallpox, cholera, measles 
r scarlet fi-vcr.- Purpura urticans, a variety of pur' 
pura simplex in which the eruption is raised into wheals 
which may or may not be accompanied by itching 
Purpuracea (per-pu-rii'se-ii), n. pi. [NL., < 
Purpura + -acea.] Same a,s Piirpitriilx. Menke, 
1828. 
purpuracean (per-pu-ra'se-an), a. and . L a. 
Same as purpuraceous. 
II. M. A member of the Purpuracea. 
purpuraceous (per-pu-ra'shius), . [< L. piir- 
pura, purple, + -aceous.'] Of a purple color; 
ot or pertaining to the Put-puracea; purpurate 
purpurate 1 (per'pu-rat), a. [< L. purpuratus, 
purpled, clad in purple, pp. of purpurare, make 
purple, < purpura, purple: see purple.] Of a 
purple color. 
purpurate 1 (per'pu-rat), n. [< purpurtic) + 
MM.] A salt of purpuric acid, 
purpuratea (per'pu-rat), n. [< purpura + 
-titi'i.] Of or pertaining to purpura; purpurio 
purpure (per'pur), n. and a. [< ME. purpure, 
purpur, purj>ow, < OP. purpure, vernacularly 
purpre, purple: see purple.] Purple: repre- 
sented in heraldry by diagonal lines from the 
sinister base of the shield to the dexter chief. 
[Obsolete except in heraldic use.] 
The whit cote that hade aem none, 
And the purpure that layd both upon one 
They he my sokur and my helping 
That my bodi hath usud soft closing 
Holy Hood (E. E. T. S.), p. 178. 
The ground that erst was yellow greene, and blew 
Is overcled with blood in purpure hew. 
Hudson, tr. of Du Bartas's Judith, v. 
purpureal (per-pu're-al). a. [< L. purpitreii* 
(< Gr. Top^iyjcof), purple-colored, < purpura 
purple: to purple.] Purple. 
More pellucid streams. 
An ampler ether, a diviner air, 
And fields invested with purpureal gleams. 
Wordnvorth, Laodamla. 
4859 
purr 1 , pur' (per), . [Imitative; cl.pirr, , 
and pum.] I. intrant. To utter a low murmur- 
ing sound expressive of satisfaction or pleasure, 
as a cat. The sound Is made by throwing the vocal 
cords Into vibration measured and regulated by the respi- 
ration ; and this vibration Is strong enough to maku the 
whole larynx tremble, so that it may be felt or seen from 
the outside. Purring Is highly characteristic of the cat 
tribe, though probably not confined to It 
I know somebody to whose knee that black cat loves to 
climb; against whoae shoulder and cheek It likes to purr 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xll! 
Sitting drowsy in the fire-light, winked and purrtd the 
mottled cat, Whittier. Mary Garvin. 
Purring thrill, a thrill or fremitus, or sense of ttne vibra- 
t ion. perceptible to the hand, as sometimes over an aneu- 
rism, or over the heart in some cases of valvular lesion 
It resembles the sensation which the back of a pnrriiii; 
cat yields to the hand. Also called purring tremor pur- 
ring fremitut, and, in French, /rtmiurment attain. ' 
II. trans. To express or signify by purring. 
Her ears of jet and emerald eyes 
She saw, and purr'd applause. 
Gray, Death of a Favourite Cat. 
[Figuratively of persons in both uses.] 
purr 1 , pur' (per), /. [<^,vi, r.] The sound 
made by a cat in purring. 
|8he] thrills the hand that smooths her glossy fur 
With the light tremor of her grateful purr. 
.. O. W. Holmes, Terpsichore, 
purr-f, n. See pur*. 
purr^, purre 1 (per), . [Also pirr; perhaps ult. 
< AS. pur, occurring in two glosses, as a syno- 
nym of riradumbla, a bittern (glossed by L. 
onocrotaltu, a pelican), or of htrf'erblle, appar. 
a snipe (E. dial, hammerbleat).] A sandpiper, 
Trimia alpina, commonly called dunlin. 
purr f (per), n. [Origin obscure.] A bivalve of 
the family Veneridee, Tapes denotata, itinhab 
purse-leech 
The (-'reeks have three churches, and their bishop re- 
sides here, who has nn Income of about four J/IIMMU veai 
Pocockt, Description of the East, II. 1L 24. 
A Turkish merchant residing in Cairo died leaving prop. 
erty to the amount of six thousand puna. 
K. W. lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 136. 
6. In fool, mid until., some kind of a pouch, bur- 
sa, marsupium, or ovicapsule.-AUghtpurse or 
an empty purse, poverty, or want of resources. A Ion* 
purse, or a heavy purse, wealth ; riches.- Cold nurse 
See cold - Halfpenny-purse, a small purse worn at the 
: the name probably Implies Its use for the smallest 
coins, as, perhaps, the silver halfpence of the middle MM 
down to the seventeenth century. Maundy purse See 
maundii.- Mermaid's purse. See mtnUK-fSm. 
Privy purse, (a) Anatlowaiicefortheprivateexpeniaiaf 
the British sovereign, formingpart of thecivillist. (6) An 
officer of the British royal household charged with the pay. 
ment of the sovereign's private expenses. His official title 
is keeper vfthe pricy purte.~ Purse Of State, in her., a bag 
or pooojh resembling an aumonlere, bearing the arms of 
the sovereign or state on the side, and having cords formed 
Into an elaborate knot or plaiting.- Sword and purse, 
the military power and wealth of a nation. 
purse (pers), r. t. ; pret. and pp. pursed, pnr. 
pursing. [< M'E.purneii, porsen; < purse, n. For 
the sense 'wrinkle,' 'pucker' (like the mouth 
of a purse drawn together with a gathering- 
string), cf. pucker, as related to poke'*, a bag, 
sack, pocket.] I. trans. 1. To put in a purse, 
jeue poiire peuple the pans ; ther-of pone thow none 
Ac seue hem forth to poure folke that for my loue hit ask- 
Pitrt Plowman (C), xill. ItH. 
I will go and pane the ducats. Shalt., M. of V., 1. 3. 175. 
The benefits you have done me are not lost, 
Nor cast away : they are purs'd here in my heart. 
Masringer and Field, Fatal Dowry, II. 2. 
2. To contract into folds or wrinkles; knit; 
pucker: frequently with up. 
" v ' t| i<ijrt,i (i f *f.v(w. it inn.-iti 
Its chiefly the European coasts on sandy or gravelly bot- 
toms between tide marks. It burrows in the ground, ami 
purpurescent (per-pu-res'ent), n. [< \.. ,-. 
pura, purple, -t- -exmit.] "in fool., purplish; 
tinged with purple. 
' purpuresset, . [ME., < purpure + -ess.] A 
woman who sells purple, ffyrlif. 
purpuric 1 (per-pu'rik), a. [< L.purpura, purple, 
I- -ic.] Having a purple color; also, producing 
a purple color; specifically, in elicm., noting an 
acid produced by the action of nitric acid upon 
uric acid. It forms deep-red or purple compounds with 
most bases, whence the name. It cannot be obtained ex- 
cept In combination. Also itopurpuric. 
purpuric- (per-pu'rik), a. [< purpura + -ic.] 
Of the nature of or pertaining to purpura. 
Malignant purpuric fever. See/evrri. 
Purpuridae (per-pu'ri-dS), M. pi. [NL., < Pur- 
pura + -idee.] A family of gastropods, typified 
by the genus Purpura : same as the subfamily 
Purpurinsf. 
Purpurifera (per-pu-rif'e-rii), H. pi. [NL.: see 
purjmriferous.] In Lamarck's system, a family 
of trachelipodous gastropods containing species 
producing a purple fluid, and others supposed 
to resemble them. It included the Purpuri,ue(but not 
the Muricinie) and various incongruous genera referred 
by modern authors to different families and even sub- 
orders. 
purpuriferous (per-pu-rif'e-rus), it. [< L.jr- 
puru, purple, + ferre, bear.] Purpuriparous ; 
belonging to the Purpurifera. 
purpuriform (per'pu-ri-fbnn), a. [< NL. Ptir- 
piira, q. v.. + L. forma, form.] Resembling a 
shell of the genus Purpura: related or belong- 
ing to the Purpuridee. Also purpuroid. 
purpurigenous (per-pu-rij'e-nus), . [< L. pur- 
pura, purple, + giguere, yenere, bear: see -ije- 
o.s-.] Producing purple.-purpurigenous gland, 
a gland, especially developed in the gastropods of the fam- 
ily Muricidse, secreting a liquid of a purplish color. 
purpurin, purpurine (uer'pu-riu), . [< L. 
purpura, purple, + 4n>, -M*>.] A red color- 
ing matter, C 14 H 5 O 2 (OH) 3 , used in dyeing, 
extracted from madder and prepared "artifi- 
cially by the oxidation of artificial alizarin. 
Its application in dyeing is similar to that of alizarin. In 
commerce it is known as alizarin, yellow shadeCol red) the 
true alizarin giving blue shades of red. 
Purpurinae (per-pu-ri'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Pvr- 
purn + -inx.] A subfamily of Muricidx, char- 
acterised by having an operculum with a lateral 
nucleus. It includes the genera Purpura, Acan- 
t/iinti, Pt'iitiiil<n'ti/his, Concliolcpus, and others. 
purpuriparoUS(prr-pu-rii>'a-rus), n. [<L. ptir- 
purti, purple, + fOfire, bring forth, bear.] Pro- 
ducing or secreting a purple substance: as, the 
pwjHiriparoiu glands of the sea-hare. 
purpuroid (per'pfl-roM), . [< li.jnirpura. pur- 
ple, + Gr. fiVJof, form.] Same as purpuriform. 
The roseate tern. 
Belt-purse or Sporran, i7lh 
century. 
J . ""n - f$*v*MlHJ, IMIU 
is usually indicated by t wo little holes about an inch apart 
made by the siphons. The purrs are held in some eskeni 
for fixxl, being considered better than cockles. Also called 
butter-nth. 
purre 1 ,". Seeyirr 3 . 
purre'-'t, . An obsolete form of prrry^. 
purree, purrhee (pur'e), . A yellow coloring 
matter. See euxanthin. Also called Indian 
yellow. 
purreic (pu-re'ik), a. [< purree + -if.] Per- 
taining to or derived from purree Purrelcacid 
Siimc as eiaanthie acid (which see, under euxanthic). 
purrelt, [Perhaps a form of pur/3 torpurJU, 
border.] A list ordained to be at the end of 
keraies to prevent deceit in diminishing their 
length, Itiilliirell. 
purre-maw (per'ma), . 
[Frov. Eng.] 
purrock (pur'ok), . [A 
var. of purrock, as oquiv. 
puddork'* of paddock'*.] 
Same as paddock'*. 
purse (pers), . [< ME. 
purse, purs, pors, an al- 
tered form of burs, bnrn, 
< OF. borse, bourse, F. 
bourse = It. borna, < ML. 
burxa, byr.ia, < Gr. ftvpaa, 
a hide or skin. Cf. liurxe, 
bourse.] 1. A bag or 
pouch; specifically, a small bag or case in which 
money is contained or carried. 
Her girdle was greene, and at that hung a large leather 
P vrK - Greene (t). Vision. 
A pouch with many parts and punet thin, 
To carry all your tools and trinkets in. 
J. Dennyt (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 154). 
Ont has he ta'en a ptirtf o' gowd, 
Was a' fou to the string. 
Brown Adam (Child's Ballads, IV. 62). 
2. Figuratively, money; means; resources. 
Had men beene as forward to adnenture their purse*, 
and perforate the conditions they promised mee, as to crop 
the fruits of my labours, thousands ere this had beene bet- 
tered by these designes. Capt. John Smith, Works, II. 24 1 . 
Bat here attir'd beyond our purte we go, 
For useless ornament and flaunting show. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, ill. 296. 
He needs his pune, and knows how to make use on It 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, i. 1. 
Yon never refused your purte and credit to the service 
and support of learned or ingenious men. 
Swtfl, Improving English Tongue. 
3. A treasury; finances: as, to exhaust a na- 
tion's purse, or the public purxf. Xli<il;., T. of 
A., i. 2. 200. 4. A purseful of money; a sum 
of money offered as a prize or collected as a 
present: as, to win the purse in a horse-race; 
to make up a purse as a present. 5. A spe- 
cific sum of money. In Turkey large accounts are 
often set down in purses of 500 Medjidie piasters, equiv- 
alent to 4 pounds 10 shillings of English money, or about 
Thou crledst "Indeed! " 
And didst contract anil purnr thy brow together 
Shalr., Othello, Hi. 3. IIS. 
Was this a story to purte tip people's hearts and pen- 
nies against giving an alms to the blind? 
Lamb Decay of Beggars, 
i) moralist, frown not so dark, 
I'urse not thy lip severe. 
llari>er' May., LXXIX. 97i 
II. t hitrans. To take purses; rob. 
I'llpunr; if that raise me not, I'll bet at Ixnvllng alleys. 
Beau, and tl., Scornful Lady, 1. 1. 
purse-bearer (pers'bar''er), w. One who cairies 
or guards the purse of another. 
I'll be your purK-bearer, and leave you 
Ken an hour. Shak., T. N., lii. S. 47. 
purse-bearing (pers'bSr'ing), a. Pouched or 
marsupiate: an epithet formerly used to note 
the marsupials, as purse-bearing animals, trans- 
lating Scaliger'a phrase AniauUia crumtutata. 
purse-boat (pers'bot), n. A boat 28 feet long, 
6 feet wide, and L' feet deep, from which the 
seine is worked in the menhaden-fishery. The 
captain of a gang has charge of this boat, 
purse-clasp (pers'klasp), n. A metal frame of a 
large medieval purse or aumoniere, often very 
elaborate and richly decorated, and an object 
of curiosity when the bag of the purse has per- 
ished. Sometimes a pistol Is concealed In the frame 
and would be discharged by an unskilful attempt to open 
It. Also purse-snap. 
purse-crab (pers'krab), . A short-tailed ten- 
footed crustacean of the genus Birgus, as H. la- 
tro, the cocoanut-crab, found in Mauritius and 
the more eastern islands of the Indian Ocean, 
and one of the largest crustaceans, it resides on 
land, often burrowing under the roots of trees lines Its 
hole with the fllwrs of the cocoanut-liusk, and lives on the 
nuts, which it procures by climbing the trees, breaking 
the shells with great ingenuity. 
purse-crew (pers'kro), . The crew or gang of 
a purse-net ; a purse-gang, 
purse-cutter (pers'kut'er), . A thief who 
steals purses ; a cutpurse. 
It is a gentle admonition, you must know, sir both to 
the purte-cuUer and the purse-bearer. 
B. Jonton, Bartholomew Fair, ill. 1. 
purse-davit (pers'dav'it), . A short, strong 
davit attached to the gunwale and a thwart 
of a boat, supporting the pureing-blocks of a 
purse-seine. 
purseful 1 (pers'ful),n. [<pwrw + -ful,l.] Rich. 
Dr. Percy's next difficulty was how to supply the purte- 
jul and purse-proud citizen with motive and occupation 
Mist Bdgeumrth, Patronage, xix. (Daviei.) 
purseful 2 (pers'ful), n. [<purxr + -ful,2.] As 
much as a purse will hold. Drfdm, 
purse-gang (pers'gang), n. A purse-crew, 
purse-gill (pew'gll), . A marsipobranchiate 
fish; one of the Marxipobranehii. 
purse-gilled(pers'gjld), a. Marsipobranchiate. 
purse-leech ( pi'-rs'lech), H. One who grasps at 
money; a finisping person. [Rare.] 
Whilst the king and his faithfuls retained their pl.i 
dominion, we enjoyed such golden days of peace an.l plenty 
