597 / 868
l'
U
r..
ir.
cr('ox
or
n:l i~vJ;
illlprdllon$
\'/ h:f COr
are ta'ken
011 IllC–
hit 01'
lome mh .. r
nUller,
by
firikinó it wi\.h
a
hallll\lt r
on the end
n OI
c ....l!r,wl.'d.
·PUN Ctif. Of!l'
is
;dlo
a
IUcafure
for l¡quid:;,
containing an
1ogr.
hr~d
...nd ooe thirci , or elghry_four
g~lIons.
P UNCTUA.THJN,
in
nranlln~r,
the
íJrt
ot
pointing, or of
di\.id ing a dd:':c1urfe into pe ri·.)ds.
by
roints cxpreffing
lhe r ;;u(t'S lO
be m;¡de
j:1
lhe
rcad ing
lIJen'Or.
PU S'CTUM SAL I EN S,
in an:Homy,
the rirU
r udimellfs
of
the
h("art in {·he fnrmation of {he
fa:
\U
S ,
whcre a throbbing
moti!')" is perceiv.:d.
PUNCTURE, in furgery, any wouDd ",ade by a n>arp.
r ointed
in(l rumeot.
P UN ICA.
lhe P OMEG RANAT E. T R2E, in
botany,
;l
gcnus
of lhe icoral:Jria monogynia clars . T he calix confilts of
fi ve regments, and
lhe corolla
of (i\'e
perals; the applc
has
0110'1
~ells,
conta ining many rceds. ·
Therc
are
[wo
fpeeies. borh
n::aivcs of
WH01 clIm a
tes.
PU NISHMENT, in I.w, ,he
pen.hywhieh
a
perfon in·
curs
on ; hc breaeh or tranrgrcOion of any
law.
PUPIL,
in
lhe
cjvil l~w,
tl
lJoy
or
girl
nOl
yet
arrived;¡t
Ihe
age
of puben y,
i.
e.
(he
boy
under fourtern
years,
rhe
gi rl
undcr
IWt¡"e.
F.u
P I L
is
alfo
ured
in
univerfities,
&c.
for
a
yollth under
Ihe educ2 riCln or difcipline
of any perron.
P UPI L ,
in
:¡nalomy.
See
ANA T OM V , p . 2SC).
PURCH "SE, in
J.w,
,he buying or aeqUlring of lands,
&c.
witll
money,
by
dced
or agreement,
anJ
001
by
de·
fcent
or
righl
of
ioherilance.
PURE, fomc<hing free from any admix,ure of foreign or
hClcrngcneous m:Hlers: thus
we
(ay
pure
fi re,
&c.
PURFLEW, , ..rm in heraldry, exprel1ing ermins, peans.
or aoy of the furs,
when
(hey compore
~
bordll rc round
a coal of
2TOlS :-
thus t hey
f.IY.he beare!h gules a ba r·
du re,
purAew, .vairy: metlning
th:u
the bordure
is
vairy.
F URGATI ON. ,he .n of purging. feouring. or rurify, ng
a
thiog. by
Ceparating.
or
carryíng off any impufloeE
fOtlnd therein: thu!,
P URGATIVE . a medie.ment whieh cvaeu.ocs ,he impu.
fil ies of
lh~ b~tiy
by 11001,
called
alfo
calhaTlics.
PUR G I\TORY,
a
place in whieh ,he jun who
der.rtout
o(
th:s
Jife, aTe
fuppofed
to expiate ceTtain
ofrences
which
do
not
merit
cterndl
uamnation.
. Brou&.htoo
has
endeavoured
to
prove,
that
this norion
lías
been held by Pagans, Jews, and M.homeoans,
as
well as by CI" illi, ns.
Toe
doltrine of
purg:Hory is a 'very lucrative anicle
lO
the
cI"!rgy
of
lhe Rornifh church, who are very.
libe
rally
p,id for
m.ff<s and p¡ayers fo r ,he fouls of ,he dece.f, d.
'Vo.!
are
ra id
by
fome
of
their doétp rs, that
purr.atory is
a rubterraneouc; place rilU:ued over
lhe hell
of
lhe
damn·
ed,
where
fuch
fouls as have not yet made
ralisraclion tO
divine
jurl:ice for
their
(jn~,
are purged
by
6fe. after
a
wonderful
and
incomprehenfiye
maoner :
and
h t:re
they
are
purifled
from
lhore
dregs
which
hinder
them
(rom
en·
tering
inlo lhe!T eternal country, as lhe catechifm
of [he
cOllocil of
T rcnt
expre{f~s
il.
PUR IFICATI ON. in maners of religion.
a
ee,<mony
which confin .. in cleanfing any thing (rom a
ruppor~J
poi.
Jurion or
ciefileOlcnt.
The
P"~1ns.
before ,hcy f.erifi eed, ufually h.. hcd
oc
,wdfhcd
lhclTIfelv('s
in
water; ami
they
\vcrc
p1rtlcularly
" .rr ful
to
walh ,heir hands, beeaufe wi,h ,hcfe ,hey wcre
P U Tl
1(11 0111..11
tlit!
V:,:Ii C1S
con!(
: r.tkd
(O
the godJ.
rewas
:tI·
lo
cuHomitry
lO .\'Iit!h lLe
VdrLI
",a h whll:h
dlly
nl.l(l~
t hcir
I.b.nior.s
T~c ~J.lhcmt
!tJ.nstire
puri(¡c..¡uons
:19
prcv;otls
lO
tI:c out
y
uf
prt\ycr : Ihefe
airo
are
of
t"'/ O
k llltlS; ('ither bathiog ; or
ooly
wafllln;j
lhe {ace,
hands:
anJ t"l cr.
T he (,rCl
IS
fe'l lleft.:-d
or.l y in eXlraord lnít ry
cales, as 3(tCr
havin~
!:tin
wn h
a woman, (nueh.:a. a
d!:ld
6r.
Put kH fo ncce(J'.lry a preparation (or the-lf
d~v'J
tion
QlO~lld
be
umiu::d , cltht'r wherc
water.cilll1l01
be
had,
or \\
hen
H
Ola)'
be
of
prej udice
10 a
pcrfon's
healtt..
they
:.tre:
~lJo ,\
cd
111
fu ch
C<4 f<:6 tO
m:\kc
ure or
fi ne
f.l lld
o r
dll!~
¡n!lcad of
It ;
and
lhcn
(hey
pcrform
Ihis
duty
by
c1~p_
pi~g
thcir
op:!r.
h,mds on
lhe
fand,
and
pafTing
them
OV('f
tl)e
p...
n s,
In
lhe (ame
In"nner
as
if
(hey were dippéd
in
WAter .
There
wer~
airo many
legal
purifications
among
the
flt:!1rc\Vs. 'VVht'll a won\an was
broughl
lO bed
o(
a
m:t!e-thild,
fhe
\
Y.IScHeemed impure for forry days ; and
wh en
of
;t
lem~le .
for
(¡Xl }:' ;
at Ihe
eod o(
WhlCh
time
Ol'! c,trried
á
¡¡¡mil
10, lhe donr
of the temple,
to
be or–
fen:J (or
íl
bu rnt -off::rinr,..
:.tnd
a
youne pigeon or lurde
fur
a fin
offl.riag.
and
by
this ccrcmony {he was
cle¡¡ nCcd
or
pur
{i~d.
PUIUM. Qr
(he
{Mj/
o.f
/al/ ,
a folemn fdlival of ,he
Jew"
infhturctl
in
memory
o(
the oeliverance
t~ey
received
(rom
IIa:n~n 's
wickcd auempt
[O
ddlroy
,h~m,
by
means of
M,"'dccai . nel Ellher.
P U
R[TA
, a name formcrl y gioen in derifion
10
,he dif.
(cnt':rs froO) the church
of
Eog laod, on accounl
of
lheir
profd ling
10
follow ,he puro
worJ
of God, in oppofi"oa
to ;tll 11
'Idllioos
and
hum~n
<.:on(bturions.
P URLl NS,
111
buildmg, .hofe pieees of ,imber ,h.. lie
a·
crofs the
rafrers
0 11
the
infid~,
to
kecp tht.:m [rom finking
in
rhe
midd le
of their
Icngth.
P URLVE,
or
PURLlEU,
rignifi es all
that
grou ncl near:\·
ny lord l, \\'h:eh belng
m.defordl by king Henry 11.
R ichard
1.
and king
J
lho, WtlS
afterwards by
perambu–
JaMOOS
anJ
granls
uf
Hcnry
1
[1.
fc,vered
agfl.in(rom (he
fJ1O!',
and
tndde
purlieu;
(hat
1$
to (ay,
pure
and free
(rClm rhe laws of the
roreO .
PUR " LE, • eolour eompofed of, ",ix,ure of red and bine.
.-\ ht'aut iful tranrparent
purple
for
paint ing may
be
made:
hy
boiling
four
ou nces of ral'ped brafil
wood
in a
pi", of n. k b« r, and h. lf an ounee of Jogwood.
,,11
,he
11quor
is
hClgh,cncd
lO the colour
)'OU
defire, wh:ch mily
b·
knon-n
t»y
dippjng a píece of
p:¡per
io it.
Ir
you lind
it
t Oo
red , aJd a quctrt f'r of an Qunce
mOre
of
log\\'ooo,
which
will
r~ndcr
jI
nill
d~eper;
an.i
hy
1his Olethocl yau
may bring
it
t O
an y
degrec::
of purple, by
p~lting
10
ei_
tht:r
more or
lefs logwood
lO lhe
("rmer
compafition.
and li'\ing
il
wíth
ajumo
PURPURA, in n..ur,,1 hiflory. See
~lvRE".
P URPURE, or PVRPLE, in heraldry. aeeording ' o fome.
is
one ol' the live
colours
oC
~rmories.
comroun.ied of
gult's
and az.nre. ba:
derinA
on \·iolt-t. and, al.·.,:ording
lO
OIhcrs,
of a I!r,-" t( dC:i1
of
red
anu a li[{le black
HUI ic
WJS
excl urled hy lh e anciC"ot
heralds
3S
only
an
im r ('ffc,'l:
((lJou r. In
the,
caats
of noblcOlen it
is calk,l
;!'Olcthytl
j
and
io
tltore or
rrloces.
m~reury.
lt
is
rcprdcnLd in
enS!ra\·in!!.
hy
rliar.onfl l i1nes
dr:nvn from .he (ioírla rhicf
ro the c1cxtcr
h.r(
pointS. Sl'e Plate
CXL \ ·II.
li!-!.
~.
P UI"SER,
:Hl
t
fli..:er
tlhoarJ a nl<ln of
\VAr,
WilLl
r
l"CI\"'t"S
hu \
.\.'1\1..
15 '-rom lhe:
ví{tud.lkr,
L es tlllt
It
be
wd J
1\,,\\'to.
•
aDd