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Pursuit
v. t.
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Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.
Pursuit
v. t.
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Prosecution.
Pursuivant
n.
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A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively.
Pursuivant
n.
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The king's messenger; a state messenger.
Pursuivant
v. t.
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To pursue.
Pursy
a.
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Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence.
Purtenance
n.
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That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.
Purrulence
n.
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Alt. of Purulency
Purulency
n.
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The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself.
Purulent
a.
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Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
Purulently
v.
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In a purulent manner.
Purveance
n.
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Alt. of Purveiaunce
Purveiaunce
n.
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Purveyance.
Purveyed
imp. & p. p.
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of Purvey
Purveying
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Purvey
Purvey
v. t.
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To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.
Purvey
v. t.
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To procure; to get.
Purvey
v. i.
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To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
Purvey
v. i.
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To pander; -- with to.
Purveyance
n.
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The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
Purveyance
n.
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That which is provided; provisions; food.
Purveyance
n.
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A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.
Purveyor
n.
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One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.
Purveyor
n.
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An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household.
Purveyor
n.
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a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.
Purview
n.
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The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.
Purview
n.
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The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions.
Purview
n.
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Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
Pus
a.
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The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
Pusane
n.
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A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or reenforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.