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Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.

mer. Purse pride, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. Bp. Hall. -- Purse rat. (Zoöl.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. -- Sword and purse, the military power and financial resources of a nation.

uppose the case to be. Put case that the soul after departure from the body may live. Bp. Hall. -- To put about (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as a ship. -- To put away. (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel. (b) To divorce. -- To put back. (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to delay. (b)…

the putative father of a child. "His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends." E. Hall. Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. Jer. Taylor.

Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch. Bp. Hall.

Quakerism. [Obs.] Hallywell.

A complaint or complaining. [Obs.] E. Hall.

To stifle or choke. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A crying for help. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

post. [Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. Milton.

lence. [Obs.] For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. E. Hall.

To range about in an irregular manner. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are esse…

assion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. Byron.

Being beyond reach; lofty. Unto a reachless pitch of praises hight. Bp. Hall.

Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall.

Incapable of cure. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.

Referable. Hallam.

The act of digging up again. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.