Their navy was pursuivanted after with a horrible tempest.
Fuller.
Pur"sy (?), a. [OF. pourcif, poulsif, poussif, fr. pousser to push,
thrust, heave, OF. also poulser: cf. F. pousse the heaves, asthma. See
Push.] Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with
pampering; as, pursy insolence. Shak.
Pursy important he sat him down.
Sir W. Scot.
Pur"te*nance (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. appurtenance.] That which pertains or
belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.
[Obs.] " The purtenaunces of purgatory." Piers Plowman.
Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the
purtenance [Rev. Ver., inwards] thereof.
Ex. xii. 9.
{ Pu"ru*lence (?), Pu"ru*len*cy (?), } n. [L. purulentia: cf. F.
purulence.] (Med.) The quality or state of being purulent; the
generation of pus; also, the pus itself. Arbuthnot.
Pu"ru*lent (?), a. [L. purulentus, fr. pus, puris, pus, matter: cf. F.
purulent. See Pus.] (Med.) Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of
the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent
inflammation.
Pu"ru*lent*ly, v. In a purulent manner.
{ Pur"ve*ance (?), Pur"vei*aunce` (?) }, n. Purveyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pur*vey" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purveyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Purveying.] [OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir, porveoir, F.
pourvoir, fr. L. providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview.] 1. To
furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.
Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before
that bloody day.
Spenser.