Hypertext Webster Gateway: "purpure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Purpure \Pur"pure\, n. [L. purpura purple. See {Purple}.] (Her.)
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).
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