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Purple
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
(2):
(n.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.
(3):
(n.) Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
(4):
(n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
(5):
(a.) Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
(6):
(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.
(7):
(n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
(8):
(v. t.) To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
(9):
(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.
(10):
(a.) Imperial; regal; - so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
(11):
(a.) Blood-red; bloody.
(12):
(n.) See Purpura.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Purple'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/purple.html. 1828.
