Lexicographical Neighbors of Purpie
Literary usage of Purpie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte, John David Ogilby (1866)
"... but when he came to the purpie, be delivered himself up to pleasure and indolence.
His time was spent in the greatest ..."
2. The Diary of Mr. John Lamont of Newton. 1649-1671 by John Lamont (1830)
"... two laft dyed of a purpie feaver, and were interred together, viz. the mother
and the ... purpie ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"purpie FEVER.. The name vulgarly given to a putrid fever, ... died of • purpie
fearer, within 12 or 24 days," *c. ..."
4. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea, in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"Yellowish green; front whitish purpie, with posteriorly a narrow band of ...
a spot on fore part of abdomen purpie ; middle of hind part of abdomen and ..."
5. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Double purpie Virgin's Bower. Nat of Spain and Italy. ade. 276. Fl. June—September.
H. Ij. Cult. 1569, by Mr. Hugh Morgan. ..."
6. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"purpie, adj. Purple ; of a purple colour, 8. ; oerr. from the Б. or Fr. word.
purpie FEVER. The name vulgarly given to a put- trid fever, S. Lam. Diary. ..."
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