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▪ I. † ˈpurpie, n. Sc. Obs.
[a. OF. porpié (13th c. in Godef.), later pourpié, pourpied, altered from polpié, poulpied, ad. med.L. pulliped-em, acc. of pulli pes or pes pulli (i.e. colt's foot), in mediæval lists of plant-names a regular synonym of portulaca: see Sinon. Barthol., Alphita.]
= purslane.
1568G. Skeyne The Pest (1860) 25 Latice, Cichorie, Purpie, Sourak. 1596in Analecta Scotica II. 13 The seid of al sort of mawes, purpie, and sorrelis or sourochis. 1681in Thanes of Cawdor (Spald. Club) 352 Purpie half ane unce.
▪ II. ˈpurpie, a.
A Scottish variant of purple.
1661Lamont Diary 6 Aug. (1810) 173 He dyed of a purpie feaver. 1669Rec. Edin. Justic. Crt. (1905) 1 She attended her brother who lay sick of a Purpie ffeuer. 1844J. Lemon Lays St. Mungo 49 We laiggart a' our cheeks Wi' the bonnie purpie dye. |