Purging
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Purging - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
PURG'ING, ppr. Cleansing; purifying; carrying off impurities or superfluous matter.
PURG'ING, n. A diarrhea or dysentery; preternatural evacuation by stool; looseness of bowels.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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