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Webster 1913 Edition


Purpure

Pur′pure

,
Noun.
[L.
purpura
purple. See
Purple
.]
(Her.)
Purple, – represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).

Webster 1828 Edition


Purpure

PUR'PURE

,
Noun.
In heraldry, purple, represented in engraving by diagonal lines.