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and adv. A Middle English form of Purana (pö-rä'nä), n. [Skt. purāna, things of the past, tale of old times, prop. adj., past, former, ancient, The Puranas , though comparatively modern, make up a body of doctrine mixed with mythology and tradition such as few nations can boast of. J. Fergu on , Hist. Indian Arch., p. 7. Puranic (pö-ran'ik), a . [ Purana + -ic .] Pertaining to the Puranas. Purbeck beds. In geol. See bed1. Purbeck marble. A gray marble obtained from the upper Purbeck strata. See Purbeck beds, under bed1. It is made up chiefly of specimens of Palu din a. This marble has been worked for more than 700 years, and used especially for slender shafts in medieval architecture, "but the introduction of foreign marbles has decreased the demand for it" ( Woodward ). purblind (per'blind), a. [Formerly also per blind (simulating L. per, through, as if 'thoroughly blind'), pore blind, poareblind (simulating pore1, as if so nearly blind that one must pore or read close'), poor blind (simulating poor, as if having poor sight-almost blind'); Me olde pulte oute bot he hys eye, and make hym pur blynd. Rob . of Gloucester , p. 376. A gouty Briareus, many hands and no use, or purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight. Shak ., T. and C., i. 2. 31. 2. Nearly blind; dim-sighted; seeing dimly or obscurely. Thy dignitie or auctoritie, wherein thou only differ eth from other, is (as it were) but a weyghty or heuy cloke, freshely glitteryng in the eyen of them that be pore blind . Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, ii. 3. Pore- blind men see best in the dimmer lights, and likewise have their sight stronger near hand than those that are not pore - blind . Bacon , Works (ed. 1826), IV. 470. manner. O purblind race of miserable men! 4852 The Monstre answerde him, and seyde he was a dedly Creature, suche as God hadde formed, and duelled in tho Desertes, in purchasynge his Sustynance. Mandeville , Travels, p. 47. So it Renyth in my Remember a unce That dayly, nyghtly, tyde, tyme, and owre, Hit is my will to purches youre fauoure. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 43. By reproving faults they purchased unto themselves with the multitude a name to be virtuous. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., iii. Lest it make you choleric and purchase me another dry basting. Shak ., C. of E., ii. 2. 63. I think I must be enforced to purchase me another page. B. Jonson , Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. Would that my life could purchase thine! purchaser 5. In law : ( a ) The act of obtaining or acquir- ing an estate in lands, etc., in any manner other than by inheritance or escheat. (b) The ac- quisition of property by contract. (c) The acquisition of property by contract for a valua- ble consideration. (d) The suing out and ob- taining of a writ.-6. Value; advantage; worth: as, to buy an estate at twenty years' purchase (that is, at a price equal to twenty times its annual value, or the total return from it for twenty years). A monarch might receive from her, not give, Though she were his crown's purchase . Some fall in love with. Shelley, The Cenci, v. 1. 2. To secure, procure, or obtain by expenditure of money or its equivalent; buy: as, to purchase provisions, lands, or houses. The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. Gen. xxv. 10. "Twill purchase the whole bench of aldermanity. B. Jonson, Magnet ick Lady, v. 5. The Pasha grants a licence to one person, generally a Jew, to buy all the senna, who is obliged to take all that is brought to Cairo, and no one else can purchase it. Pococke , Description of the East, I. 122. 3t. To expiate or recompense by a fine or for feit. I will be deaf to pleading and excuses, Nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. Shak., R. and J., iii. 1. 198. 4. [ Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage. Berners . 21. To bring something about; manage. On that other side this Claudas hath so purchased that he hath be at Rome, and he and the kynge of Gaule hane take theire londes to the Emperoure be soc he cove naunt that the Emperour Iulius shall sende hym socour. 3t. To acquire wealth. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 303. Were all of his mind, to entertain no suits But such they thought were honest, sure our lawyers Would not purchase half so fast. Webster, Devil's Law-Case, iv. 1. 4. Naut., to draw in the cable: as, the capstan purchases apace. purchase (per'chās), n. [Early mod. E. also purchas; And sent yow here a stede of his purchase ; Of kyng Ruben he wanne hym for certayn. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2812. Say I should marry her, she'll get more money Than all my usury, put my knavery to it: She appears the most infallible way of purchase . Fletcher, Rule a Wife, iii. 5. For on his backe a heavy load he bare, Of nightly stelths, and pillage sever all, Which he had got abroad by purchas crim in all. Spenser , F. Q., I. iii. 16. I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth Than in the glad po e ion. edne ; dimne of vision. The Profe or's keen philosophic perspicacity is somewhat marred by a certain mixture of almost owlish pur blindne . Carlyle , Sartor Resartus, iii. 10. pur cat or yet, n. A Middle English form of pur gatory. purchasable (per'cha-sa-bl), a. [Also pur chaseable; Money being the counterbalance to all things purchase Locke, Lowering of Interest. able by it. purchase (pėrʼchās), v.; pret. and pp. pur chased, ppr. purchasing. [ B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. wise than by inheritance; gain; acquisitions; winnings; specifically, that which is obtained by the payment of money or its equivalent. & he gan of her porch as largeliche hom hede. Rob. of Gloucester, p. 34. A beauty-waning and distre ed widow,... Made prize and purchase of his lustful eye. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. 187. Our lives are almost expired before we become estated. in our purchases . Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 861. 3t. Prey; booty; plunder; hence, ill-gotten gain or wealth. That has fray'd many a tall thief from a rich purchase! Middle ton ( and others ), Widow, iii. 1. Rod. Who are out now? Fourth Out . Good fellows, sir, that, if there be any pur chase stirring, Will strike it dead. Fletcher, Pilgrim, ii. 2. Do you two pack up all the goods and purchase That we can carry in the two trunks. B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 4. Tailors in France they grow to great Abominable purchase , and become great officers. Webster, Devil's Law-Case, ii. 1. 41. Means of acquisition or gain; occupation. Thou hast no land; Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, v. 2.. popular fame and applause, supposing they are things of great purchase ; when in many cases they are but matters of envy, peril, and impediment. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 344. One report affirmed that Moore dared not come to York. shire; he knew that his life was not worth an hour's purchase if he did. Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, xxx. 71. Attempt; endeavor. I'll sit down by thee, And, when thou wak'st, either get meat to save thee, Or lose my life i' the purchase . Fletcher , Bonduc a, v. 3. 8t. Course; way; departure. For whan she died that was my maistre e, Alle my weelfare made than the same purchas . Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 54. 9. The acquisition of position, promotion, etc., by the payment of money. See purchase sys tem, below. He abolished purchase in the army. N. A. Rev. , CXLII. 590. 10. Firm or advantageous hold by which power may be exerted; specifically, any mechanical power, force, or contrivance which may be advantageously used in moving, raising, or removing heavy bodies; in nautical use, a tackle of any kind for multiplying power. The head of an ox or a horse is a heavy weight acting at the end of a long lever (consequently with a great purchase ), and in a direction nearly perpendicular to the joints of the supporting neck. Paley, Nat. Theol. A politician, to do great things, looks for a power, what our workmen call a purchase ; and if he finds that power in politicks as in mechanicks, he cannot be at a lo to apply it. Burke , Rev. in France. The last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, and it now turned and turned with nothing to bite. Dickens , Tale of Two Cities, ii. 23. 11. A knob or raised thumb-piece, allowing the hand which holds the handle to throw back the hinged cover of a tankard, beer-mug, or similar ve el. - Bell purchase ( naut. ), a kind of burton, consisting of four single blocks and a fall, frequently used for topsail-halyards of small ve els in the United States: so called from the name of the inventor. - Gadsden purchase, a territory purchased by the United States from Mexico in 1853 for $10,000,000, and included in the southern part of New Mexico and Arizona: so called from James Gadsden, United States minister to Mexico, who negotiated the treaty. Griolet purchase, an arrangement of blocks and falls for mounting and dismounting heavy guns on the deck of a man-of-war. - Gun-tackle purchase. See gun - tackle, 2.- Louisiana purchase, the territory which the United States in 1803, under Jefferson's administration, acquired by purchase from France, then under the government of Bonaparte as first consul. The price was $15,000,000. The purchase consisted of New Orleans and a vast tract extending westward from the Mi i ippi river to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Gulf of Mexico to British America. The United States claimed West Florida and the extreme northwest, includ ing Idaho, Oregon, and Washington as parts of the purchase; but it appears that they were wrong in so doing. Texas, which was part of the purchase, was ceded to Spain in 1819 by the treaty by which Florida was acquired. In 1845 it again became a part of the United States. - Peak purchase. See peak1. Purchase of Land Act. See land1.- Purchase system, the system under which commi ions in the British army were formerly purchased. By this system nearly all the first appointments and a large proportion of the subsequent promotions of officers were effected. The regulation prices of commi ions varied from £450 for an ensigncy to £7,250 for a lieutenant colonelcy in the Life Guards, the highest commi ion purchasable. The system was abolished in 1871.- Rolling purchaset. Same as cranequin, 1.- To raise a pur chase. See raisel. purchase able, a. See purchasable . purchase-block (per'chas-blok), n. Naut . See block1 . purchase-fall (pėr'chās-fâl), n . The rope rove through a purchase-block. purchase-money (pèr'chas-mun"i), n. The mon- ey paid or contracted to be paid for anything bought. Whether ten you sand pounds, well laid out, might not build a decent college, fit to contain two hundred persons; and whether the purchase - money of the chambers would not go a good way towards defraying the expense? Bp . Berkeley , Querist, § 189. purchaser (pėr'chā-sér), n . [ pur chas our , Fletcher and Shirley , Night-Walker, i. 1. porch ace or , pour cha eur , one who ac Stealing's thy only purchase . The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia purchaser acquirer; a money-maker. So gret a pur chas our was nowher noon.