Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clarify; to defecate, as liquors..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To become pure, as by clarification..
Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) The act of purging.
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic..
Purger :: Purger (n.) One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine..
Purgery :: Purgery (n.) The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar.
Spurge :: Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.
Spurge :: Spurge (v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
Spurgewort :: Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.