purple wood

A species of wood from the Brazils, the heart-wood of Copaifera pubiflora and C. bract eat a . It is a handsome wood of a rich plum color, very strong, durable, and elastic. It is imported in logs from eight to twelve inches square, and eight to ten feet long, principally used for ramrods, buhl-work, marquetry, and turnery. Called also Purple-heart. †pūr-ple, v . t. & i. [PURPLE, a.] A. Trans.: Τo make or dye of a purple color; to stain or tinge with purple or a deep-red color. Till ruddy morning purpled o'er the east." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, 658. B. In trans.: To be or become of a purple or deǝpred color. "The landmark to the double tide That purpling rolls on either side." Byron: Siege of Corinth, 1. pür'-pleş, s. pl. [PURPLE, a.] [EAR COCKLE.] pür'-ple-wort, s. [Eng. purple, and wort.] Bot.: Comarum palustre.