| slovo | definícia |
pure
(mass) | pure
- čistý |
pure
(encz) | pure,čirý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,čistokrevný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,čistý adj: |
pure
(encz) | pure,naprostý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,nefalšovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,neporušený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,neposkvrněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,nesmíšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,nevinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,nezkažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,neznečištěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,prostý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,průzračný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,ryzí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pure
(encz) | pure,výhradně Zdeněk Brož |
Pure
(gcide) | Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. Purer; superl. Purest.] [OE. pur,
F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to
clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider,
think, Skr. p? to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. Putative.]
1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free
from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed;
as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
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The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer.
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A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I.
Watts.
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2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent;
guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. "Keep thyself
pure." --1 Tim. v. 22.
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Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5.
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3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or
pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and
actions. "Pure religion and impartial laws." --Tickell.
"The pure, fine talk of Rome." --Ascham.
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Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure
as any that ancient or modern history records.
--Macaulay.
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4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
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Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon
the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv.
6.
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5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of
some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
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Pure-impure, completely or totally impure. "The inhabitants
were pure-impure pagans." --Fuller.
Pure blue. (Chem.) See Methylene blue, under Methylene.
Pure chemistry. See under Chemistry.
Pure mathematics, that portion of mathematics which treats
of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to
applied mathematics, which treats of the application of
the principles to the investigation of other branches of
knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See
Mathematics. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )
Pure villenage (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain
services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine;
unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished;
unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless;
incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate;
innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy.
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pure
(wn) | pure
adj 1: free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and
water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's
pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" [ant:
impure]
2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding
mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter
nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a),
complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a),
everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a),
sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a),
utter(a), unadulterated]
3: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white
or grey or black [syn: saturated, pure] [ant:
unsaturated]
4: free from discordant qualities
5: concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed
to applied; "pure science"
6: (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I
felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as
the driven snow" [ant: impure]
7: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a
spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women
must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin,
virginal, virtuous] |
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potato puree
(mass) | potato puree
- kaša |
pure
(mass) | pure
- čistý |
puree
(mass) | puree
- pyré, kaša, pretlak, rozmačkať na kašu |
impure
(encz) | impure,nečistý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
impurely
(encz) | impurely, |
impureness
(encz) | impureness, n: |
make pure
(encz) | make pure, v: |
potato puree
(encz) | potato puree,bramborová kaše potato puree,kaše bramborová |
pure
(encz) | pure,čirý adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,čistokrevný adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,čistý adj: pure,naprostý adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,nefalšovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,neporušený adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,neposkvrněný adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,nesmíšený adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,nevinný adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,nezkažený adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,neznečištěný adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,prostý adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,průzračný adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,ryzí adj: Zdeněk Brožpure,výhradně Zdeněk Brož |
pure absence
(encz) | pure absence, n: |
pure and simple
(encz) | pure and simple, adj: |
pure binary numeration system
(encz) | pure binary numeration system, n: |
pure economic rent
(encz) | pure economic rent,čistá ekonomická renta [fin.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pure imaginary number
(encz) | pure imaginary number, n: |
pure luck
(encz) | pure luck, |
pure mathematics
(encz) | pure mathematics, n: |
pure microorganism culture
(encz) | pure microorganism culture,čistá kultura mikroorganismu [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
pure phytopathogen race
(encz) | pure phytopathogen race,jednoduchá rasa fytopatogena [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
pure tone
(encz) | pure tone,čistý tón Milan Svoboda |
pure-bred
(encz) | pure-bred, |
pureblood
(encz) | pureblood, n: |
pureblooded
(encz) | pureblooded,čistokrevný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
purebred
(encz) | purebred,plnokrevník n: Pavel Machek |
puree
(encz) | puree,kaše n: puree,protlak n: Petr Prášekpuree,pyré n: Petr Prášekpuree,rozmačkat na kaši v: Petr Prášek |
purely
(encz) | purely,čistě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
pureness
(encz) | pureness,čistota n: Nijel |
purer
(encz) | purer,čistší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
purest
(encz) | purest,nejčistší adj: Zdeněk Brožpurest,nejryzejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
simon-pure
(encz) | simon-pure, |
pure f---ing magic
(czen) | Pure F---ing Magic,PFM[zkr.] |
Calliandra purpurea
(gcide) | Soldierwood \Sol"dier*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West
Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
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Carpodacus purpurea
(gcide) | Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n.
a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus
mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).
Syn: genus Carpodacus.
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Claviceps purpurea
(gcide) | Sclerotium \Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. Sclerotia. [NL., fr. Gr.
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot.
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2. (Zool.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
[1913 Webster]Ergot \Er"got\, n. [F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.]
1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which
the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is
caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
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2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of
rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a
dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening
childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
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3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a
chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
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4. (Anat.) See 2d Calcar, 3
(b) .
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Coupure
(gcide) | Coupure \Cou*pure"\ (k??-p?r"), n. [F., fr. couper to cut.]
(Fort.)
A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the
besieged. --Wilhelm.
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Cytisus purpureus
(gcide) | Laburnum \La*bur"num\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the
Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and
seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
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Note: Scotch laburnum (Cytisus alpinus) is similar, but has
smooth leaves; purple laburnum is Cytisus purpureus.
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Depure
(gcide) | Depure \De*pure"\, v. t. [F. d['e]purer. See Depurate.]
To depurate; to purify. [Obs.]
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He shall first be depured and cleansed before that he
shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God.
--Sir T. More.
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Digitalis purpurea
(gcide) | Foxglove \Fox"glove`\, n. [AS. foxes-gl[=o]fa,
foxes-cl[=o]fa,foxes-clife.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English
foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or
biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine,
both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.
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Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run
To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]digitalin \dig"i*ta`lin\, n. [Cf. F. digitaline.]
(a) (Medicine, Pharmacy) Any one of several extracts of
foxglove (Digitalis), as the "French extract," the
"German extract," etc., which differ among themselves
in composition and properties. Both Digitalis lanata
and Digitalis purpurea have been used to prepare
such extracts.
(b) (Chem.) the distinctive chemical substance, a steroid
glycoside, which is the essential ingredient of the
extracts of foxglove. It is a white, crystalline
substance (C36H56O14), and is a 3-substituted
diglucoside of a steroid. It is a powerful cardiac
stimulant and is used as a cardiotonic for treatment
of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart
failure. Chemically it is
(3[beta],5[beta],16[beta])-3-[6-Deoxy-4-O-[beta]-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-methyl-[beta]-D-galactopyranosyl)oxy]-14,16-dihyroxy-card-20
(22)-enolide. The related compounds digitoxin and
digoxin are also extracted from the foxglove. The
class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic
properties are refered to as the cardiac glycosides.
--MI11
Syn: digitalinum verum, Diginorgin, Schmiedeberg's digitalin,
digitalis, digitalis glycoside. [1913 Webster +PJC]Digitalis \Dig`i*ta"lis\, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named
(according to Linn[ae]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family
Schrophulariaceae, including the foxglove.
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2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove ({Digitalis
purpurea}), formerly used in heart disease, disturbance of
the circulation, etc. Its use has been largely replaced by
that of the pure active ingredient, digitalin. See
digitalin.
[1913 Webster]digitoxin \dig`i*tox"in\ (d[i^]j`[i^]*t[o^]k"s[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
A steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical
substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a
white, crystalline substance (C41H64O13), and is a
3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally
to digitalin and digoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for
treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive
heart failure. Chemically it is
(3[beta],5[beta])-3-[(O-2,6-Dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1[rarr]4)-O-2,6-dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1[rarr]4)-2,
6-dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-14-hydroxy-card-20(22)-enolide.
The related compounds digitalin and digoxin are also
extracted from the foxglove (Digitalis lanata and
Digitalis purpurea). The class of steroid glycosides having
cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac
glycoside group. --MI11
[PJC]digoxin \di*gox"in\, n. (Chem.)
a steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical
substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a
white, crystalline substance (C41H64O14), and is a
3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally
to digitalin and digitoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for
treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive
heart failure. Chemically it is
(3[beta],5[beta],12[beta])-3-[(O-2,6-Dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1->4)-O-2,6-dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1->4)-2
, 6-dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-12,14-dihydroxy-card-20(22)-enolide.
The related compounds digitalin and digoxin are also
extracted from the foxglove (Digitalis lanata and
Digitalis purpurea). The class of steroid glycosides having
cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac
glycosides. --MI11
[PJC]fingerroot \fingerroot\ n.
tall leafy European biennial or perennial ({Digitalis
purpurea}) having spectacular clusters of large tubular
pink-purple flowers; -- its leaves yield the drug digitalis
and are poisonous to livestock.
Syn: common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, {Digitalis
purpurea}.
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'Epure
(gcide) | 'Epure \['E]`pure"\, n. [F.] (Fine Arts)
A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of
the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.
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Euonymus atropurpureus
(gcide) | Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
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2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
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Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
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Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus
atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
[1913 Webster]Euonymin \Eu*on"y*min\, n. (Med.)
A principle or mixture of principles derived from {Euonymus
atropurpureus}, or spindle tree.
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Eupatorium purpureum
(gcide) | Joe-Pye weed \Joe`-Pye" weed`\ (Bot.)
A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium ({Eupatorium
purpureum}), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.
[1913 Webster]Trumpetweed \Trump"et*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum),
often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers
in small corymbed heads.
(b) The sea trumpet.
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Evonymus atropurpureus
(gcide) | Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood.
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Guipure
(gcide) | Guipure \Gui*pure"\, n. [F.]
A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a
lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground
or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting
threads called bars or brides.
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Impure
(gcide) | Impure \Im*pure"\, v. t.
To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]Impure \Im*pure"\, a. [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure:
cf. F. impur. See Pure.]
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1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing
something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or
impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure
water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.
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2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of
persons or things.
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3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or
ideas. "Impure desires." --Cowper.
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4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of
Moses; unclean.
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5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin;
an impure style.
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Impurely
(gcide) | Impurely \Im*pure"ly\, adv.
In an impure manner.
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Impureness
(gcide) | Impureness \Im*pure"ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. --Milton.
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Ipomoea purpurea
(gcide) | Morning-glory \Morn"ing-glo`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome,
funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or
variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal.
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Magnolia purpurea
(gcide) | Magnolia \Mag*no"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol,
professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th
century.] (Bot.)
A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and
large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
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Note: Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves
and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North
Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most
magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay
(Magnolia glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as
far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are
Magnolia Umbrella, Magnolia macrophylla, {Magnolia
Fraseri}, Magnolia acuminata, and Magnolia cordata.
Magnolia conspicua and Magnolia purpurea are
cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {Magnolia
Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson
flowers.
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Magnolia warbler (Zool.), a beautiful North American wood
warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts
are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with
black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.
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Progne purpurea
(gcide) | Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
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Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis} or Progne purpurea), and the European {house
martin}, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
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Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
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Pure blue
(gcide) | Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. Purer; superl. Purest.] [OE. pur,
F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to
clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider,
think, Skr. p? to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. Putative.]
1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free
from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed;
as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
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The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer.
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A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I.
Watts.
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2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent;
guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. "Keep thyself
pure." --1 Tim. v. 22.
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Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5.
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3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or
pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and
actions. "Pure religion and impartial laws." --Tickell.
"The pure, fine talk of Rome." --Ascham.
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Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure
as any that ancient or modern history records.
--Macaulay.
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4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
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Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon
the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv.
6.
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5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of
some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
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Pure-impure, completely or totally impure. "The inhabitants
were pure-impure pagans." --Fuller.
Pure blue. (Chem.) See Methylene blue, under Methylene.
Pure chemistry. See under Chemistry.
Pure mathematics, that portion of mathematics which treats
of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to
applied mathematics, which treats of the application of
the principles to the investigation of other branches of
knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See
Mathematics. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )
Pure villenage (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain
services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine;
unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished;
unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless;
incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate;
innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy.
[1913 Webster]Methylene \Meth"yl*ene\, n. [F. m['e]thyl[`e]ne, from Gr. ? wine
+ ? wood; -- a word coined to correspond to the name wood
spirit.] (Chem.)
A divalent hydrocarbon radical, -CH2-, not known in the
free state, but regarded as an essential residue and
component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene
bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene.
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Methylene blue (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting
of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; --
called also pure blue.
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pure blue
(gcide) | Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. Purer; superl. Purest.] [OE. pur,
F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to
clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider,
think, Skr. p? to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. Putative.]
1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free
from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed;
as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
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The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer.
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A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I.
Watts.
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2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent;
guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. "Keep thyself
pure." --1 Tim. v. 22.
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Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5.
[1913 Webster]
3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or
pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and
actions. "Pure religion and impartial laws." --Tickell.
"The pure, fine talk of Rome." --Ascham.
[1913 Webster]
Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure
as any that ancient or modern history records.
--Macaulay.
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4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
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Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon
the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv.
6.
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5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of
some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
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Pure-impure, completely or totally impure. "The inhabitants
were pure-impure pagans." --Fuller.
Pure blue. (Chem.) See Methylene blue, under Methylene.
Pure chemistry. See under Chemistry.
Pure mathematics, that portion of mathematics which treats
of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to
applied mathematics, which treats of the application of
the principles to the investigation of other branches of
knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See
Mathematics. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )
Pure villenage (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain
services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine;
unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished;
unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless;
incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate;
innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy.
[1913 Webster]Methylene \Meth"yl*ene\, n. [F. m['e]thyl[`e]ne, from Gr. ? wine
+ ? wood; -- a word coined to correspond to the name wood
spirit.] (Chem.)
A divalent hydrocarbon radical, -CH2-, not known in the
free state, but regarded as an essential residue and
component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene
bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene.
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Methylene blue (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting
of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; --
called also pure blue.
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Pure chemistry
(gcide) | Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. Purer; superl. Purest.] [OE. pur,
F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to
clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider,
think, Skr. p? to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. Putative.]
1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free
from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed;
as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
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The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer.
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A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I.
Watts.
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2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent;
guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. "Keep thyself
pure." --1 Tim. v. 22.
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Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5.
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3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or
pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and
actions. "Pure religion and impartial laws." --Tickell.
"The pure, fine talk of Rome." --Ascham.
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Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure
as any that ancient or modern history records.
--Macaulay.
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4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
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Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon
the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv.
6.
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5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of
some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
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Pure-impure, completely or totally impure. "The inhabitants
were pure-impure pagans." --Fuller.
Pure blue. (Chem.) See Methylene blue, under Methylene.
Pure chemistry. See under Chemistry.
Pure mathematics, that portion of mathematics which treats
of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to
applied mathematics, which treats of the application of
the principles to the investigation of other branches of
knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See
Mathematics. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )
Pure villenage (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain
services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine;
unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished;
unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless;
incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate;
innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy.
[1913 Webster]Chemistry \Chem"is*try\ (k[e^]m"[i^]s*tr[y^]; 277), n. [From
Chemist. See Alchemy.]
1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of
substances, and of the changes which they undergo in
consequence of alterations in the constitution of the
molecules, which depend upon variations of the number,
kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms.
These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely
the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained.
Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and
constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule.
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Note: Historically, chemistry is an outgrowth of alchemy (or
alchemistry), with which it was anciently identified.
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2. An application of chemical theory and method to the
consideration of some particular subject; as, the
chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo.
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3. A treatise on chemistry.
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Note: This word and its derivatives were formerly written
with y, and sometimes with i, instead of e, in the
first syllable, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or
chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.; and the
pronunciation was conformed to the orthography.
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Inorganic chemistry, that which treats of inorganic or
mineral substances.
Organic chemistry, that which treats of the substances
which form the structure of organized beings and their
products, whether animal or vegetable; -- called also
chemistry of the carbon compounds. There is no
fundamental difference between organic and inorganic
chemistry.
Physiological chemistry, the chemistry of the organs and
tissues of the body, and of the various physiological
processes incident to life.
Practical chemistry, or Applied chemistry, that which
treats of the modes of manufacturing the products of
chemistry that are useful in the arts, of their
applications to economical purposes, and of the conditions
essential to their best use.
Pure chemistry, the consideration of the facts and theories
of chemistry in their purely scientific relations, without
necessary reference to their practical applications or
mere utility.
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