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Webster 1913 Edition


Purre

Purre

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The dunlin.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Purre

PURRE

,
Noun.
Cyderkin or perkin; the liquor made by steeping the gross matter of pressed apples.

Definition 2024


purre

purre

English

Noun

purre (plural purres)

  1. (Britain, dialect) A bird, the dunlin.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin porrum

Noun

purre m (definite singular purren, indefinite plural purrer, definite plural purrene)

  1. Allium ampeloprasum, leek
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Low German purren (stir)

Verb

purre (present tense purrer; past tense and past participle purra or purret)

  1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
  2. to strengthen

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²pʉ rːə/

Etymology 1

From Latin porrum

Noun

purre m (definite singular purren, indefinite plural purrar, definite plural purrane)

  1. Allium ampeloprasum, leek
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Low German purren (stir)

Verb

purre (present tense purrar, past tense purra, past participle purra, passive infinitive purrast, present participle purrande, imperative purre/purr)

  1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
  2. to strengthen

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