_Pure_ (Vol. viii., p. 125.).--The use of the word _pure_ pointed out by
OXONIENSIS is nothing new. It is a common provincialism now, and was
formerly good English. Here are two examples from Swift (_Letters_, by
Hawkesworth, vol. iv. 1768, p.21.):
"Ballygall will be a pure good place for air."
Ibid. p. 29.:
"Have you smoakt the Tattler yet? It is much liked, and I think it a
_pure_ one."