purpure

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pur′pure noun

Origin: L. purpura purple. See Purple.

Heraldry 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’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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