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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PURGING

ppr. Cleansing; purifying; carrying off impurities or superfluous matter.

 

PURGING

n.A diarrhea or dysentery; preternatural evacuation by stool; looseness of bowels.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PURGING

PURGING Pur "ging, a.

 

Defn: That purges; cleansing. Purging flax (Bot. ), an annual European plant of the genus Linum (L. catharticum ); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.

 

PURGING

PURGING Pur "ging, n. (Med. )

 

Defn: The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.