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Purpure

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) 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).

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Purpure'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/purpure.html. 1828.