Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 149
Purflew (n.) (Her.) A border of any heraldic fur.
Purfled (a.) Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges.
Purfled work (Arch.), Delicate tracery, especially in Gothic architecture.
Purfling (n.) Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin.
Purgament (n.) That which is excreted; excretion. [Obs.]
Purgament (n.) (Med.) A cathartic; a purgative. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Purgation (n.) The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels.
Purgation (n.) (Law) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal. --Wharton.
Let him put me to my purgation. -- Shak.
Purgation (n.) Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels [syn: catharsis, katharsis, purgation].
Purgation (n.) A ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites [syn: purification, purgation].
Purgation (n.) The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge [syn: purge, purging, purgation].
Purgation. () The clearing one's self of an offence charged, by denying the guilt on oath or affirmation.
Purgation. () There were two sorts of purgation, the vulgar, and the canonical.
Purgation. () Vulgar purgation consisted in superstitious trials by hot and cold water, by fire, by hot irons, by batell, by corsned, &c., which modes of trial were adopted in times of ignorance and barbarity, and were impiously called judgments of God.
Purgation. () Canonical purgation was the act of justifying one's self, when accused of some offence in the presence of a number of persons, worthy of credit, generally twelve, who would swear they believed the accused. See Compurgator; Wager of Law.
Purgation. () In modern times, a man may purge himself of an offence, in some cases where the facts are within his own knowledge; for example, when a man is charged with a contempt of court, he may purge himself of such contempt, by swearing that in doing the act charged, he did not intend to commit a contempt.
Purgative (a.) Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.
Purgative (n.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.
Purgatively (adv.) In a purgative manner.
Purgatorial (a.) Alt. of Purgatorian
Purgatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory.
Purgatorian (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.
Purgatory (a.) Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.
Purgatory (n.) 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 which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.
Purged (imp. & p. p.) of Purge.
Purging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purge.
Purge (v. t.) (使) 淨化，清除，(使) 通便 To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
Purge (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
Purge (v. t.) To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
Purge (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
Purge (v. t.) To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
Purge (v. t.) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
Purge (v. t.) To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
Purge (v. i.) To become pure, as by clarification.
Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
Purge (n.) 淨化，清除 The act of purging.
Purge (n.) 瀉藥 That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
Purger (n.) One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.
Purgery (n.) The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar.
Purging (a.) That purges; cleansing.
Purging (n.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.
Puri (n.) See Euxanthin.
Purification (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
Purification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
Purification (n.) A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
Purificative (a.) Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
Purificator (n.) One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.
Purrificatory (a.) Serving or tending to purify; purificative.
Purifier (n.) One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner.
Puriform (a.) In the form of pus.
Purified (imp. & p. p.) of Purify.
Purifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purify.
Purify (v. t.) 使純淨，使潔淨；使道德上淨化；精煉，提純 To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.
Purify (v. t.) Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
Purify (v. t.) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
Purify (v. t.) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
Purify (v. i.) To grow or become pure or clear.
Purim (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.
Purism (n.) Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.
Purist (n.) One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
Purist (n.) One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.
Puristic (a.) Alt. of Puristical.
Puristical (a.) Of or pertaining to purists or purism.
Puritan (n.) 清教徒；嚴格的人 One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.
Puritan (n.) One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.
Puritan (a.) 嚴格的；嚴肅的；清教徒的 Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.
Puritanic (a.) Alt. of Puritanical.
Puritanical (a.) 道德上嚴格的；禁慾的 Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
Puritanical (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
Puritanically (adv.) In a puritanical manner.
Puritanically (adv.) In a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste" [syn: {prudishly}, {puritanically}].
Compare: Prudishly
Prudishly (adv.) In a prudish manner.“She acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste”.
Synonyms: Puritanically.
Puritanism (n.) 清教徒習俗，清教主義；清教徒式生活準則，道德極端拘謹 The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.
Puritanism (n.) The beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects).
Puritanism (n.) Strictness and austerity in conduct and religion..
Puritanized (imp. & p. p.) of Puritanize.
Puritanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puritanize.
Puritanize (v. i.) （使）成清教徒，像清教徒般地行動，（使）舉止嚴謹 To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. -- Bp. Montagu.
Purity (n.) [U] 純淨，清潔；純潔，清白；貞潔；（語言，風格等的）純粹 The condition of being pure. Specially:
Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
Purity (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
Purity (n.) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
Purity (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
Purity (n.) Being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material [syn: {purity}, {pureness}] [ant: {impureness}, {impurity}].
Purity (n.) The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: {purity}, {pureness}, {sinlessness}, {innocence}, {whiteness}].
Purity (n.) A woman's virtue or chastity [syn: {honor}, {honour}, {purity}, {pureness}].
Purkinje's cells () Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.
Purl (v. t.) 用金銀絲繡，用反針編織 To decorate with fringe or embroidery. "Nature's cradle more enchased and purled." -- B. Jonson.
Purl (n.) 金銀絲，邊飾，反針，潺潺聲，苦艾啤酒 An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched withpurl and pearl. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
{Purl stitch}. Same as {Purl}, n., 2.
Purled (imp. & p. p.) of Purl.
Purling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purl.
Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions.
Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, Louder and louder purl the falling rills. -- Pope.
Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
Thin winding breath which purled up to the sky. -- Shak.
Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.
Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices. "Drank a glass of purl to recover appetite." --Addison. "Drinking hot purl, and smoking pipes." -- Dickens.
Purl (n.) (Zool.) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
Purl (n.) Gold or silver wire thread.
Purl (n.) A basic knitting stitch [syn: {purl}, {purl stitch}].
Purl (v.) Flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: {eddy}, {purl}, {whirlpool}, {swirl}, {whirl}].
Purl (v.) Make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" [syn: {sough}, {purl}].
Purl (v.) Knit with a purl stitch.
Purl (v.) Edge or border with gold or silver embroidery.
Purl (v.) Embroider with gold or silver thread.
PURL Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (URL, WWW)
Purlieu (n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.
Purlieu (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.
Purlin (n.) Alt. of Purline
Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.
Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing.
Purloined (imp. & p. p.) of Purloin.
Purloining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purloin.
Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.
Purloin (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.
Purloiner (n.) One who purloins.
Puromycin (n.) An antibiotic, C22H29N7O5, obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces alboniger, that is used experimentally as an inhibitor of protein synthesis.
Purparty (n.) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.
Purples (n. pl. ) of Purple.
Purple (n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
Purple (n.) Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
Purple (n.) Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
Purple (n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
Purple (n.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.