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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. purpura purple. See Purple. ] (Her.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of a purple color; purple. [ 1913 Webster ]
A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. purpura purple. See Purple. ] (Her.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of a purple color; purple. [ 1913 Webster ]
A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic. [ 1913 Webster ]