purrn.¹

Brit.

/pəː/, U.S.

/pər/, Scottish English

/pʌr/

Forms: Middle English por, Middle English purre, Middle English–1600s porr, 1600s porre; English regional 1800s– poar, 1800s– por, 1800s– pore, 1800s– porr, 1800s– poyer, 1800s– pur, 1800s– purr; Scottish pre-1700 porh, pre-1700 porhe, pre-1700 pour, pre-1700 1700s– porr, 1700s pore, 1800s por, 1800s pur, 1900s– purr.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: purr v.¹

Etymology: Apparently < purr v.¹ (although this is first attested later). Compare Middle Dutch, Dutch por push, poke, thrust, act of piercing (in Middle Dutch also porre (feminine) movement, action, only in the phrase in porre zijn to move), Dutch regional por poker. N.E.D. (1909) also gives the pronunciation (pǭɹ) /pɔː(r)/.

Now English regional and Scottish (rare).

1. A fire poker. Now English regional (chiefly northern).

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker

purr1357

fire-purra1451

fire pike1483

poker1534

fire-pote1638

pote1638

proker1742

fire point1789

teaser1839

kennedy1864

curate1878

tickler1881

fire stick1896

1357–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 124 j porr pro camino, 9 d.

1387–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 266 In emendacione unius por de ferro.

1408 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1899) 14 518 (MED) iii porres alias naundirens.

1472 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 247 (MED) Item, j por pro igne.

1564 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 223 One Iron chimney, one porr, one payre of toynges.

1629 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 265 For mendinge the kitchinge fire porre.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Poker, a pointed Porr to raise the Fire.

1711 in J. Patterson Hist. Wauchope (1858) 79 Item, the kitchen chimney, with tonks, raxes, with pore and shuffell.

1732 Glasgow Test. (Edinb. Reg. House) LI. f. 124 Tuo pair smith tongs and a porr and Skivell.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Por, Pore, a poker for stirring the fire.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 133 Porr, the fire-poker.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 114 We had a gret long purr to stir the oven.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 98/1 Porr, a poker; a word rare now, but common fifty years ago.

2. Originally Scottish. A thrust, a poke; a stab, a prick; a kick. Now English regional (chiefly northern) and Scottish.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > poking or prodding > a poke or prod

pounce1755

prod1805

probe1827

poke1831

purr1844

1609 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 75 Ȝe, taking out ȝour bludie dager, said, ‘he could nocht be the war, becaus ȝe had gevin him bot ane pour’.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 273 Missing his ward, he gettes a porh at the left pape, wharof he dies.

1741 Caledonian Mercury 28 May in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 202/3 A Dark Gray Mare..with a little white Spot on her Face, and a Pore Mark on or above her right Thigh.

1844 W. Jamie Muse of Mearns 155 A simple pur wi' a bodie's fit Maks 't rin a most prodigious bit.

1864 J. S. Le Fanu Uncle Silas (1865) II. 99 I knocked them awa with a pur o' my foot.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) He gave him a pur in the side with his thumb.

1972 J. Ross Select. Caithness Dial. Words in D. Omand Caithness Bk. 253 Purr,..a prick.

3. English regional (south-western). figurative. A state of agitation or trouble.

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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]

fever1340

motiona1398

quotidian?a1439

rufflea1535

commotion1581

fret1582

hurry1600

puddering1603

tumultuousnessa1617

trepidation1625

feverishness1638

boilingc1660

fermentationc1660

tumult1663

ferment1672

stickle1681

fuss1705

whirl1707

flurry1710

sweat1715

fluster1728

pucker1740

flutter1741

flustration1747

flutteration1753

tremor1753

swithera1768

twitteration1775

state1781

stew1806

scrow1808

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flurrification1822

tew1825

purr1842

pirr1856

tête montée1859

go1866

faff1874

poultry flutter1876

palaver1878

thirl1879

razzle-dazzle1885

nervism1887

flurry-scurry1888

fikiness1889

foment1889

dither1891

swivet1892

flusterment1895

tither1896

overwroughtness1923

mania1925

stumer1932

tizzy1935

two and eight1938

snit1939

tizz1953

tiswas1960

wahala1966

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun]

stirringc888

maleasea1300

uneasea1300

diseasec1330

perturbationa1382

unrestfulnessc1384

disturbancea1387

unroc1390

distroublancea1400

perturbancec1425

unquietnessc1460

inquietation1461

conturbationc1470

unheart's-ease1470

distroubling1487

wanease15..

inquietness?1504

unrufe1508

sturt1513

pertroublancea1522

inquieting1527

unquieting1548

turmoiling1550

unquiet1551

agitation?1555

storm1569

wanrest1570

discountenance1577

float1579

disquiet1581

brangling1584

diseasefulnessa1586

restlessness1597

hurry1600

disturbancy1603

disquietment1606

disordera1616

laruma1616

uneasinessa1616

diseasementa1617

discomposture1622

discomposition1624

whirr1628

discomposednessa1631

discomposure1632

pother1638

incomposedness1653

inquietude1658

uneasefulness1661

toss1666

disquietednessa1680

intranquillitya1699

disquietude1709

bosom-broil1742

discomfort1779

rufflement1806

feeze1825

uncomfortableness1828

discomforture1832

astasia1839

dysphoria1842

purr1842

peacelessness1852

palaver1899

perturbment1901

heebie-jeebies1923

wahala1966

agita1979

1842 H. J. Daniel Bride of Scio 175 in Eng. Dial. Dict In sich a pore.

a1863 J. T. Tregellas Cornish Tales (1868) 84 Nothing but pors will be this night.

1893 F. T. Elworthy Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 651/2 I nivver did zee a chap in zich a pore.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

purrn.²

Brit.

/pəː/, U.S.

/pər/

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. The word is apparently not recorded in Manx.

Now historical.

A small breed of pig that formerly lived in a feral state on the Isle of Man; a pig of this breed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > specific breeds

purr?1577

Hampshirea1661

Shropshire1768

tun-back1776

Berkshire1810

Suffolk1831

China hog1838

Essex pig1838

Narragansett1852

Cumberland1860

Neapolitan1860

Tamworth1860

hazel splitter1866

Poland China1869

Duroc1872

Large Black1906

Lincolnshire Curly-Coat1917

saddleback1919

landrace1935

micropig1985

?1577 in J. F. Gill Statutes Isle of Man (1883) I. 43 Also, that all Proctors ought at Martinmas Time to put in a Book all small Tythes within the Parishes, that is to say, Purrs, Calves, and Colts.

1608 in A. W. Moore Hist. Isle of Man I. (1900) ii. iv. 287 In open markett..a hen Id., a swyne purr 6d., a boule of wheat 20d.

1722 T. Wilson Isle of Man in E. Gibson tr. W. Camden Brit. (ed. 2) II. 1443/1 In the Mountains they have also a small breed of Swine call'd Purrs, or wild Swine: not that they are Feræ Naturā or wild..but because they are bred and live continually in the Mountains.

1812 T. Quayle Gen. View Agric. Isle of Man xiv. 118 In the year 1577, a collection of the spiritual laws and customs directs, an account to be taken, at Martinmas, of Purrs, (the provincial name of this breed) of which the tithes were to be received of the husbandman at Easter.

1845 J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man I. i. 16 The purr, a species of the wild boar that ran at large in the mountains, was only extirpated near the close of the last century.

1861 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes i. 30 The purrs, an odd-looking race of pigs, which are also dying out.

1890 A. W. Moore Surnames Isle Man 193 A curious breed of wild pigs, called purrs, which is now extinct.

1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 92 Purrs were a small breed of swine that were allowed to run loose on the mountain lands.., thus becoming half wild and..dangerous.

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purrn.³

Brit.

/pəː/, U.S.

/pər/

Forms: 1600s purre, 1600s–1800s pur, 1700s– purr.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare slightly later purr v.²It is not entirely certain that quot. a1616 shows this word; it has also been suggested that it may show pur n.¹ (The suggestion that it may show a connection with pure n. 6 seems very unlikely.)

An act of purring; the low vibrating sound made by a cat, usually when pleased or contented. Also: any sound resembling this.

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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > purr

purra1616

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [noun] > purr

purra1616

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > sounds made by > purr

purra1616

thrum1798

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. ii. 19 Heere is a purre of Fortunes sir, or of Fortunes Cat.

1779 Fanatical Conversion 48 No more they chaunt, but with a Cat-like Purr, petition W–s––y to extract the Burr.

1790 A. Francis Misc. Poems 252 Oft as the murm'ring gale draws near..His tuneful purr salutes mine ear.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 146 [The] voice [of the acouchi] is a short, rather sharp, plaintive pur.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals v. 129 The purr of satisfaction, which is made during both inspiration and expiration.

1898 Daily News 3 May 8/5 The heavier boom of the guns, and the cloth-tearing purr of the Maxims.

1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xxiii. 312 The incessant hum of the jungle—the rustling of millions of leaves—the buzz of insects—the voices of the birds and monkeys seemed blended into a strangely soothing purr.

1953 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 14 Aug. 6/2 He had an amazingly loud purr, for a kitten so small and young.

1971 G. Ewart Gavin Ewart Show i. 12 At the lawnmower's purr I stop for a moment.

2000 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 15 Apr. (Neighbors) 4 Our..silver tabby has lost his purr. He still vibrates..but there is no longer that wonderful purr for us to enjoy.

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† purrn.⁴

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒ̄ɹ) /pɜː(r)/.

Zoology. Obsolete.

An edible carpet shell, Tapes (or Venerupis) decussata (family Veneriidae), found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coast of Africa. Also: any of various similar or related bivalve molluscs.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Veneridae

Venus-shell1589

hena1613

sea-snapple1658

clam1672

clamp1672

nun1678

purr?1711

Venus purr1713

Venus1777

quahog1781

palourde1823

littleneck1854

venerid1861

?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 73 Marbled Smyrna Purr... A beautiful Bivalve finely latticed and marbled.

1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 275 Chamæ, Purrs, or Gapers.

1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 202 Reticulated Purr.

1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The purrs are held in some esteem for food, being considered better than cockles.

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purradj.

Brit.

/pɔː/,

/pʊə/, U.S.

/pʊ(ə)r/,

/pɔr/

Forms: 1500s pour, 1500s pur, 1500s purre, 1800s purr, 1800s– poor (English regional (Somerset)).

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.The form poor perhaps shows folk-etymological alteration after poor adj.

Now English regional. rare.

1. purr oats n. the wild oat, Avena fatua.

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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xiii. 467 Also there is a barren Ote, of some called the purre Otes [Du. Naeckte Haver], of others wilde Otes.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xiii. 467 The Purwottes or wild Otes, commeth vp..without sowing.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xvi. 470 Pour Otes or wilde Otes, are in leaues and knottie strawes like vnto common Otes.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Poor oats, wild oats. Avena fatua. (Always so called.)

†2. purr barley n. wall barley, Hordeum murinum. Obsolete.

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1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Purr-barley, wild barley.

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purrv.¹

Brit.

/pəː/, U.S.

/pər/

Forms: Middle English–1500s porre, 1500s poore, 1500s– pore, 1500s– porr, 1800s– purr; English regional 1800s– paur (south-western), 1800s– pur; Scottish pre-1700 pore, pre-1700 1800s– porr, 1800s pur, 1800s– purr.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English verb cognate with Middle Dutch porren , purren to push, stamp, poke, thrust (Dutch porren ), Middle Low German purren to poke, prod ( > Swedish purra to poke, Danish purre , purre to prod, rummage, (now only figurative) to wake, to incite (a person)), probably ultimately of expressive origin. Compare earlier purr n.¹Irish †purr, Scottish Gaelic purr to push, thrust is < English. N.E.D. (1909) also gives the pronunciation (pǭɹ /pɔː(r)/.

Now British regional.

1. transitive. To stuff, stop, or fill (a receptacle or space) with something. English regional (west midlands and south-western) in later use. Now rare.

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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > stuff or cram

cramc1000

pitchc1300

thrustc1380

purra1398

stopc1400

farcec1405

stuffc1440

line?1521

enfarce1531

threstc1540

pack1567

prag1567

prop1568

referse1580

thwack1582

ram1590

pang1637

farcinate1638

stivea1639

thrack1655

to craw outa1658

trig1660

steeve1669

stow1710

jam1719

squab1819

farcy1830

cram-jam1880

jam-pack1936

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 249^v Men in olde tyme clepid it Stypa, as it were, stoppynge or porrynge, ffor þer wiþ chynnes and cliftes of schippes ben porred and y-stopped.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Confercio, to stuffe, or porre.

1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 335 [Gloucestershire] You quite pore me.

1858 N. Hogg Poet. Lett. 1st Ser. 61 Hur got th' ole man ta tul tha tale;—Way thick me vrends I need'n paur Cuz es hav tole min wance avaur.

1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire 63 at Pore He paur'd it down the draut o'n.

a. transitive. Chiefly English regional, Scottish, and Irish English (northern). To thrust, prod, or poke with or as with a stick or poker. Cf. purr n.¹ 1.The exact construction in quot. c1450 is unclear.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod

prokec1225

pokec1330

punchc1384

pinga1400

purrc1450

brod1483

rowc1500

dub1513

pod1530

prod1535

job1560

poy1562

pounce1577

poach1632

pote1714

potter1747

poker1774

nug1866

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5560 (MED) Þai sett in a sadd sowme & sailid his kniȝtis, Porris doun of his princes & persys þar schildis.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 432/2 He..gyrneth as a dogge dooeth, when one porreth hym in the teeth with a stycke.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ni^v/2 To Podde, or porre, pungere.

c1803 D. Anderson Sawney & John Bull 20 Ay my boys, that's ploughmen for ye, That ye're kings an' a' may pur ye.

1844 W. Jamie Muse 152 I would think shame to rin and chase thee Or yet to pur ye.

1879 J. C. Clough Bessy Bresskittle 10 Aw munna git drunk, th' owd ooman ses, or awst git my yed purred.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. Purr, to stir, poke, esp...the fire [or] the embers of a brick oven. (Cited from Lancashire, Lincoln, East Anglia.)

1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. 665/1 Porr, to poke..to get the fire on the hearth to blaze.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 259/2 Pore, purr, of a bull or cow [to] push with the head; gore with the horns.

b. transitive. To thrust, push, or poke (something) in (also through) an aperture. Also reflexive: to intrude. English regional in later use.

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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly

thrustc1175

quevena1400

stopc1480

ingyre1513

ram1519

dig1553

intrude1563

purr1574

spring1597

grub1607

inject1611

ingest1617

sock1843

to dig in1885

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner

ingere1489

ingyre1513

thrust1530

intrude1573

inthrust1605

obtrude1647

wrench1729

purr1879

1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 531 To Porre in. Vide Thrust & Stuffe.

1870 W. E. A. Axon Black Knight of Ashton 43 (Lancs.) If he were to pur his ugly face through th' dur hoyle.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) 'Er hanna invited me, so I shanna pore myself.

3. intransitive. Chiefly Scottish. To make a poke or thrust. Also with in.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action

stokea1400

thrustc1410

joba1500

stab1513

rasha1522

purr1564

1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. i. 519 Let them not bite their lippes, nor scratte their heade, nor rubbe theyr elbowes, nor pore in theyr eares.

?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Avii Then with her distaff she would poore in at hym.

1598 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 91 The said Duncane porrit with his sword.

1650 in W. B. Cook Stirling Antiquary (1908) IV. 156 The said James..took a sword in his hand and porit in at her till she came forth.

1929 in H. Marwick Orkney Norn (at cited word) What's she purran aboot the fire for noo?

4. transitive. English regional (northern and north midlands). To kick. Also intransitive.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > kick

smitec1330

frontc1400

punch1449

kick1598

calcitrate1623

bunch1647

pause1673

pote1673

purr1847

boot1877

turf1888

root1890

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 652/2 Pur,..to kick. North.

c1860 J. T. Staton Rays fro th' Loominary (Bolton) 37 Hoo up wi har foot an purred th' book reet into th' lone.

1867 Wigan Observer 23 Feb. But Shaw would not give over, and ‘purred’ me behind the ear as I was picking my money up.

1886 B. Brierley Cast upon World xxiii. 279 Folk thinkin' if they con purr a clod i' pieces..they're fit for a farmin' job.

1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Purr, to kick, as in the game ‘purring and tupping’.

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purrv.²

Brit.

/pəː/, U.S.

/pər/

Forms: 1600s purre, 1600s–1800s pur, 1600s– purr.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare German purren (late 17th cent. or earlier). Compare slightly earlier purr n.³, and also purl v.⁴ Perhaps compare also purr int.

a. intransitive. Of a cat or another feline animal: to make a low, continuous, vibratory sound taken to be expressive of satisfaction or pleasure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [verb (intransitive)] > purr

whurl1530

curl?1533

purr1620

purla1641

thruma1810

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xlvi. 304 But the Cat, careless of these threats, purred, and held fast.

1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 82 The Cat..purr'd, and said. Sir, I must alwayes acknowledge the great favours that I have received from this place.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 101 We found a very little young Leopard, about two Spans high; it was exceeding tame, and purr'd like a Cat when we stroked it.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 231 An English lady once made me observe, that a cat never purs when she is alone.

1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 252 No less pleased than those domestic animals—cats—when they purr over a new-found sprig of valerian.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals v. 129 The puma, cheetah, and ocelot likewise purr: it is said that the lion, jaguar, and leopard do not purr.

1916 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion ii. 42 The lion..purrs like a motor car.

1961 R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife ii. 38 Two runted pearl-gray kittens purred and rubbed themselves against Rich's legs.

1999 G. Bear Darwin's Radio viii. 50 Kay picked him up and skritched him under the neck and he purred and mewed.

b. intransitive. Of a non-feline animal: to utter a sound resembling a cat's purr.

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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > purr

curr1677

purra1680

a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) 106 Another night strangers being present; it [sc. a demon] purr'd in the Childrens Bed like a Cat.

1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 148 The young hens pur and leap.

1899 Longman's Mag. Dec. 155 A night-jar is still ‘purring’, as Tom Hughes expressed it, from a belt of trees.

1988 S. Gray How's that for telling 'em, Fat Lady? ii. 20 She would sort of purr with her beak, a cluck, cluck, purring sound, of sheer happiness.

2001 Guardian (Nexis) 7 June 20 They [sc. hares] can purr, snort and make a sound like the click-clack of loose dentures!

2. In extended use.

a. intransitive. Of a thing: to make a sound resembling a cat's purr, as that caused by rapid vibrations, boiling or bubbling liquid, the working of an engine, etc.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [verb (intransitive)] > purr

purr1657

murr1807

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 61 The huming Bird..never sitting, but purring with her wings, all the time she staies with the flower.

1747 J. Hervey Medit. II. 51 He..blesses his good Fortune, if no frightful Sound purred at his Heels.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiii. 199 Mary placed it [sc. the kettle] over the stove, where it was soon purring and steaming.

1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xvi. 304 The soft-coal fire in the grate purred and flickered.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 487 His lawnmower begins to purr.

1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxx. 190 Jay's Rolls purred along the Cromwell Road.

1994 Action Asia Aug. 112/3 A stove soon began to purr from within the kitchen tent, and everyone was glad to huddle inside with a hot cup of tea.

b. intransitive. Of a person: to express chiefly pleasure or satisfaction by low, murmuring sounds; to speak in a low, soft voice, esp. seductively. Also: to behave in a self-satisfied or seductive manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be contented or satisfied [verb (intransitive)] > express contentment or satisfaction

to rub one's hands1576

purr1658

the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > be complacent [verb (intransitive)]

purr1658

1658 R. Flecknoe Enigmaticall Characters 71 She sitting purring in the Chimney-corner like a melancholly Cat, mumping like an old Ape when she saluteth you.

1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love ii. 13 We love to get our Mistresses, and purr over 'em.

1726 G. Odingsells Capricious Lovers iii. ix. 35 I soon found she lik'd the sport; for she would purr like a Cat, and grin till she shew'd her Teeth.

1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in Wks. (1812) II. 204 The Doctor Who purring for preferment, slily mouses.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iii. 55 I never saw an author..that did not purr as audibly as a full-grown domestic cat..on having his fur smoothed in the right way by a skilful hand.

1889 T. A. Trollope What I Remember III. xxiii. 337 His audience purred with sympathetic tenderness.

1938 Amer. Home June 7/1 (advt.) The Keeper of the Wampum in our family practically purrs when he gets our electric bills.

1969 G. Gildner First Pract. 37 She doesn't squirm, this Indian bitch, she purrs—she's got the classic lines, the stuff to go.

1996 Time Out 31 July 163/4 Greer purrs fetchingly as proprietress of the local gambling den.

3. transitive. To utter or express by purring; to say in a low, soft voice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (transitive)] > purr

purr1740

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [verb (transitive)] > miscellaneous actions of

purr1740

kit1758

kitten1824

knead1954

1740 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 117 Jenny Tic purred out what consolation she could.

1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat ii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 268 She [sc. the cat] saw; and purr'd applause.

1858 Hornellsville (N.Y.) Tribune 9 Sept. 1/2 The cat that purrs its gratitude for a morsel of meat, will clear our house of rats.

1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 70 ‘You said he was not to be murdered’, purred Chapel.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 176 The quaker librarian purred:—And we have, have we not, those priceless pages of Wilhelm Meister?

1954 J. Thompson Hell of Woman (1990) xi. 87 He checked through my collection cards, and counted my cash. ‘A little light, Frank,’ he purred, looking up at me at last.

1994 Big Issue 5 Dec. 17/2 ‘You'll be OK’ the cat purrs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

purrint.

Brit.

/pəː/, U.S.

/pər/

Forms: 1500s purre, 1500s pyr, 1800s– pur (English regional (west midlands)).

Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Apparently imitative. Compare purr v.²

Now rare (English regional (west midlands)).

Used as a call to pigs or turkeys. Formerly also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. J.ii^v They say in my contrye when they call theyr hogs to y^e swine trough. Come to thy myngle mangle, come pyr come pyr.

1560 T. Becon Displaying Popish Masse in Wks. iii. 50 Ye tarry for no man; but, having a boye to help you say Masse, ye go to your myngle mangle, and never call purre to you.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 62 Some discourses of mine, which were a mingle mangle cum purre, and I knew not what to make of my selfe.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Call-words to poultry,..Turkeys,..pur, pur, pur.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1357

n.²?1577

n.³a1616

n.⁴?1711

adj.1578

v.¹a1398

v.²1620

int.1549

单词	purr
释义	purrn.¹ Brit. /pəː/, U.S. /pər/, Scottish English /pʌr/ Forms: Middle English por, Middle English purre, Middle English–1600s porr, 1600s porre; English regional 1800s– poar, 1800s– por, 1800s– pore, 1800s– porr, 1800s– poyer, 1800s– pur, 1800s– purr; Scottish pre-1700 porh, pre-1700 porhe, pre-1700 pour, pre-1700 1700s– porr, 1700s pore, 1800s por, 1800s pur, 1900s– purr. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: purr v.¹ Etymology: Apparently < purr v.¹ (although this is first attested later). Compare Middle Dutch, Dutch por push, poke, thrust, act of piercing (in Middle Dutch also porre (feminine) movement, action, only in the phrase in porre zijn to move), Dutch regional por poker. N.E.D. (1909) also gives the pronunciation (pǭɹ) /pɔː(r)/. Now English regional and Scottish (rare). 1. A fire poker. Now English regional (chiefly northern). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker purr1357 fire-purra1451 fire pike1483 poker1534 fire-pote1638 pote1638 proker1742 fire point1789 teaser1839 kennedy1864 curate1878 tickler1881 fire stick1896 1357–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 124 j porr pro camino, 9 d. 1387–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 266 In emendacione unius por de ferro. 1408 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1899) 14 518 (MED) iii porres alias naundirens. 1472 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 247 (MED) Item, j por pro igne. 1564 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 223 One Iron chimney, one porr, one payre of toynges. 1629 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 265 For mendinge the kitchinge fire porre. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Poker, a pointed Porr to raise the Fire. 1711 in J. Patterson Hist. Wauchope (1858) 79 Item, the kitchen chimney, with tonks, raxes, with pore and shuffell. 1732 Glasgow Test. (Edinb. Reg. House) LI. f. 124 Tuo pair smith tongs and a porr and Skivell. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Por, Pore, a poker for stirring the fire. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 133 Porr, the fire-poker. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 114 We had a gret long purr to stir the oven. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 98/1 Porr, a poker; a word rare now, but common fifty years ago. 2. Originally Scottish. A thrust, a poke; a stab, a prick; a kick. Now English regional (chiefly northern) and Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > poking or prodding > a poke or prod pounce1755 prod1805 probe1827 poke1831 purr1844 1609 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 75 Ȝe, taking out ȝour bludie dager, said, ‘he could nocht be the war, becaus ȝe had gevin him bot ane pour’. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 273 Missing his ward, he gettes a porh at the left pape, wharof he dies. 1741 Caledonian Mercury 28 May in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 202/3 A Dark Gray Mare..with a little white Spot on her Face, and a Pore Mark on or above her right Thigh. 1844 W. Jamie Muse of Mearns 155 A simple pur wi' a bodie's fit Maks 't rin a most prodigious bit. 1864 J. S. Le Fanu Uncle Silas (1865) II. 99 I knocked them awa with a pur o' my foot. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) He gave him a pur in the side with his thumb. 1972 J. Ross Select. Caithness Dial. Words in D. Omand Caithness Bk. 253 Purr,..a prick. 3. English regional (south-western). figurative. A state of agitation or trouble. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] stirringc888 maleasea1300 uneasea1300 diseasec1330 perturbationa1382 unrestfulnessc1384 disturbancea1387 unroc1390 distroublancea1400 perturbancec1425 unquietnessc1460 inquietation1461 conturbationc1470 unheart's-ease1470 distroubling1487 wanease15.. inquietness?1504 unrufe1508 sturt1513 pertroublancea1522 inquieting1527 unquieting1548 turmoiling1550 unquiet1551 agitation?1555 storm1569 wanrest1570 discountenance1577 float1579 disquiet1581 brangling1584 diseasefulnessa1586 restlessness1597 hurry1600 disturbancy1603 disquietment1606 disordera1616 laruma1616 uneasinessa1616 diseasementa1617 discomposture1622 discomposition1624 whirr1628 discomposednessa1631 discomposure1632 pother1638 incomposedness1653 inquietude1658 uneasefulness1661 toss1666 disquietednessa1680 intranquillitya1699 disquietude1709 bosom-broil1742 discomfort1779 rufflement1806 feeze1825 uncomfortableness1828 discomforture1832 astasia1839 dysphoria1842 purr1842 peacelessness1852 palaver1899 perturbment1901 heebie-jeebies1923 wahala1966 agita1979 1842 H. J. Daniel Bride of Scio 175 in Eng. Dial. Dict In sich a pore. a1863 J. T. Tregellas Cornish Tales (1868) 84 Nothing but pors will be this night. 1893 F. T. Elworthy Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 651/2 I nivver did zee a chap in zich a pore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purrn.² Brit. /pəː/, U.S. /pər/ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. The word is apparently not recorded in Manx. Now historical. A small breed of pig that formerly lived in a feral state on the Isle of Man; a pig of this breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > specific breeds purr?1577 Hampshirea1661 Shropshire1768 tun-back1776 Berkshire1810 Suffolk1831 China hog1838 Essex pig1838 Narragansett1852 Cumberland1860 Neapolitan1860 Tamworth1860 hazel splitter1866 Poland China1869 Duroc1872 Large Black1906 Lincolnshire Curly-Coat1917 saddleback1919 landrace1935 micropig1985 ?1577 in J. F. Gill Statutes Isle of Man (1883) I. 43 Also, that all Proctors ought at Martinmas Time to put in a Book all small Tythes within the Parishes, that is to say, Purrs, Calves, and Colts. 1608 in A. W. Moore Hist. Isle of Man I. (1900) ii. iv. 287 In open markett..a hen Id., a swyne purr 6d., a boule of wheat 20d. 1722 T. Wilson Isle of Man in E. Gibson tr. W. Camden Brit. (ed. 2) II. 1443/1 In the Mountains they have also a small breed of Swine call'd Purrs, or wild Swine: not that they are Feræ Naturā or wild..but because they are bred and live continually in the Mountains. 1812 T. Quayle Gen. View Agric. Isle of Man xiv. 118 In the year 1577, a collection of the spiritual laws and customs directs, an account to be taken, at Martinmas, of Purrs, (the provincial name of this breed) of which the tithes were to be received of the husbandman at Easter. 1845 J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man I. i. 16 The purr, a species of the wild boar that ran at large in the mountains, was only extirpated near the close of the last century. 1861 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes i. 30 The purrs, an odd-looking race of pigs, which are also dying out. 1890 A. W. Moore Surnames Isle Man 193 A curious breed of wild pigs, called purrs, which is now extinct. 1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 92 Purrs were a small breed of swine that were allowed to run loose on the mountain lands.., thus becoming half wild and..dangerous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purrn.³ Brit. /pəː/, U.S. /pər/ Forms: 1600s purre, 1600s–1800s pur, 1700s– purr. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare slightly later purr v.²It is not entirely certain that quot. a1616 shows this word; it has also been suggested that it may show pur n.¹ (The suggestion that it may show a connection with pure n. 6 seems very unlikely.) An act of purring; the low vibrating sound made by a cat, usually when pleased or contented. Also: any sound resembling this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > purr purra1616 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [noun] > purr purra1616 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > sounds made by > purr purra1616 thrum1798 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. ii. 19 Heere is a purre of Fortunes sir, or of Fortunes Cat. View more context for this quotation 1779 Fanatical Conversion 48 No more they chaunt, but with a Cat-like Purr, petition W–s––y to extract the Burr. 1790 A. Francis Misc. Poems 252 Oft as the murm'ring gale draws near..His tuneful purr salutes mine ear. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 146 [The] voice [of the acouchi] is a short, rather sharp, plaintive pur. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals v. 129 The purr of satisfaction, which is made during both inspiration and expiration. 1898 Daily News 3 May 8/5 The heavier boom of the guns, and the cloth-tearing purr of the Maxims. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xxiii. 312 The incessant hum of the jungle—the rustling of millions of leaves—the buzz of insects—the voices of the birds and monkeys seemed blended into a strangely soothing purr. 1953 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 14 Aug. 6/2 He had an amazingly loud purr, for a kitten so small and young. 1971 G. Ewart Gavin Ewart Show i. 12 At the lawnmower's purr I stop for a moment. 2000 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 15 Apr. (Neighbors) 4 Our..silver tabby has lost his purr. He still vibrates..but there is no longer that wonderful purr for us to enjoy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † purrn.⁴ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒ̄ɹ) /pɜː(r)/. Zoology. Obsolete. An edible carpet shell, Tapes (or Venerupis) decussata (family Veneriidae), found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coast of Africa. Also: any of various similar or related bivalve molluscs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Veneridae Venus-shell1589 hena1613 sea-snapple1658 clam1672 clamp1672 nun1678 purr?1711 Venus purr1713 Venus1777 quahog1781 palourde1823 littleneck1854 venerid1861 ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 73 Marbled Smyrna Purr... A beautiful Bivalve finely latticed and marbled. 1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 275 Chamæ, Purrs, or Gapers. 1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 202 Reticulated Purr. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The purrs are held in some esteem for food, being considered better than cockles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). purradj. Brit. /pɔː/, /pʊə/, U.S. /pʊ(ə)r/, /pɔr/ Forms: 1500s pour, 1500s pur, 1500s purre, 1800s purr, 1800s– poor (English regional (Somerset)). Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.The form poor perhaps shows folk-etymological alteration after poor adj. Now English regional. rare. 1. purr oats n. the wild oat, Avena fatua. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xiii. 467 Also there is a barren Ote, of some called the purre Otes [Du. Naeckte Haver], of others wilde Otes. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xiii. 467 The Purwottes or wild Otes, commeth vp..without sowing. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xvi. 470 Pour Otes or wilde Otes, are in leaues and knottie strawes like vnto common Otes. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Poor oats, wild oats. Avena fatua. (Always so called.) †2. purr barley n. wall barley, Hordeum murinum. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Purr-barley, wild barley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purrv.¹ Brit. /pəː/, U.S. /pər/ Forms: Middle English–1500s porre, 1500s poore, 1500s– pore, 1500s– porr, 1800s– purr; English regional 1800s– paur (south-western), 1800s– pur; Scottish pre-1700 pore, pre-1700 1800s– porr, 1800s pur, 1800s– purr. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English verb cognate with Middle Dutch porren , purren to push, stamp, poke, thrust (Dutch porren ), Middle Low German purren to poke, prod ( > Swedish purra to poke, Danish purre , purre to prod, rummage, (now only figurative) to wake, to incite (a person)), probably ultimately of expressive origin. Compare earlier purr n.¹Irish †purr, Scottish Gaelic purr to push, thrust is < English. N.E.D. (1909) also gives the pronunciation (pǭɹ /pɔː(r)/. Now British regional. 1. transitive. To stuff, stop, or fill (a receptacle or space) with something. English regional (west midlands and south-western) in later use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > stuff or cram cramc1000 pitchc1300 thrustc1380 purra1398 stopc1400 farcec1405 stuffc1440 line?1521 enfarce1531 threstc1540 pack1567 prag1567 prop1568 referse1580 thwack1582 ram1590 pang1637 farcinate1638 stivea1639 thrack1655 to craw outa1658 trig1660 steeve1669 stow1710 jam1719 squab1819 farcy1830 cram-jam1880 jam-pack1936 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 249^v Men in olde tyme clepid it Stypa, as it were, stoppynge or porrynge, ffor þer wiþ chynnes and cliftes of schippes ben porred and y-stopped. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Confercio, to stuffe, or porre. 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 335 [Gloucestershire] You quite pore me. 1858 N. Hogg Poet. Lett. 1st Ser. 61 Hur got th' ole man ta tul tha tale;—Way thick me vrends I need'n paur Cuz es hav tole min wance avaur. 1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire 63 at Pore He paur'd it down the draut o'n. 2. a. transitive. Chiefly English regional, Scottish, and Irish English (northern). To thrust, prod, or poke with or as with a stick or poker. Cf. purr n.¹ 1.The exact construction in quot. c1450 is unclear. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod prokec1225 pokec1330 punchc1384 pinga1400 purrc1450 brod1483 rowc1500 dub1513 pod1530 prod1535 job1560 poy1562 pounce1577 poach1632 pote1714 potter1747 poker1774 nug1866 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5560 (MED) Þai sett in a sadd sowme & sailid his kniȝtis, Porris doun of his princes & persys þar schildis. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 432/2 He..gyrneth as a dogge dooeth, when one porreth hym in the teeth with a stycke. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ni^v/2 To Podde, or porre, pungere. c1803 D. Anderson Sawney & John Bull 20 Ay my boys, that's ploughmen for ye, That ye're kings an' a' may pur ye. 1844 W. Jamie Muse 152 I would think shame to rin and chase thee Or yet to pur ye. 1879 J. C. Clough Bessy Bresskittle 10 Aw munna git drunk, th' owd ooman ses, or awst git my yed purred. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. Purr, to stir, poke, esp...the fire [or] the embers of a brick oven. (Cited from Lancashire, Lincoln, East Anglia.) 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. 665/1 Porr, to poke..to get the fire on the hearth to blaze. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 259/2 Pore, purr, of a bull or cow [to] push with the head; gore with the horns. b. transitive. To thrust, push, or poke (something) in (also through) an aperture. Also reflexive: to intrude. English regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly thrustc1175 quevena1400 stopc1480 ingyre1513 ram1519 dig1553 intrude1563 purr1574 spring1597 grub1607 inject1611 ingest1617 sock1843 to dig in1885 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner ingere1489 ingyre1513 thrust1530 intrude1573 inthrust1605 obtrude1647 wrench1729 purr1879 1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 531 To Porre in. Vide Thrust & Stuffe. 1870 W. E. A. Axon Black Knight of Ashton 43 (Lancs.) If he were to pur his ugly face through th' dur hoyle. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) 'Er hanna invited me, so I shanna pore myself. 3. intransitive. Chiefly Scottish. To make a poke or thrust. Also with in. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action stokea1400 thrustc1410 joba1500 stab1513 rasha1522 purr1564 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. i. 519 Let them not bite their lippes, nor scratte their heade, nor rubbe theyr elbowes, nor pore in theyr eares. ?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Avii Then with her distaff she would poore in at hym. 1598 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 91 The said Duncane porrit with his sword. 1650 in W. B. Cook Stirling Antiquary (1908) IV. 156 The said James..took a sword in his hand and porit in at her till she came forth. 1929 in H. Marwick Orkney Norn (at cited word) What's she purran aboot the fire for noo? 4. transitive. English regional (northern and north midlands). To kick. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > kick smitec1330 frontc1400 punch1449 kick1598 calcitrate1623 bunch1647 pause1673 pote1673 purr1847 boot1877 turf1888 root1890 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 652/2 Pur,..to kick. North. c1860 J. T. Staton Rays fro th' Loominary (Bolton) 37 Hoo up wi har foot an purred th' book reet into th' lone. 1867 Wigan Observer 23 Feb. But Shaw would not give over, and ‘purred’ me behind the ear as I was picking my money up. 1886 B. Brierley Cast upon World xxiii. 279 Folk thinkin' if they con purr a clod i' pieces..they're fit for a farmin' job. 1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Purr, to kick, as in the game ‘purring and tupping’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purrv.² Brit. /pəː/, U.S. /pər/ Forms: 1600s purre, 1600s–1800s pur, 1600s– purr. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare German purren (late 17th cent. or earlier). Compare slightly earlier purr n.³, and also purl v.⁴ Perhaps compare also purr int. 1. a. intransitive. Of a cat or another feline animal: to make a low, continuous, vibratory sound taken to be expressive of satisfaction or pleasure. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [verb (intransitive)] > purr whurl1530 curl?1533 purr1620 purla1641 thruma1810 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xlvi. 304 But the Cat, careless of these threats, purred, and held fast. 1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 82 The Cat..purr'd, and said. Sir, I must alwayes acknowledge the great favours that I have received from this place. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 101 We found a very little young Leopard, about two Spans high; it was exceeding tame, and purr'd like a Cat when we stroked it. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 231 An English lady once made me observe, that a cat never purs when she is alone. 1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 252 No less pleased than those domestic animals—cats—when they purr over a new-found sprig of valerian. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals v. 129 The puma, cheetah, and ocelot likewise purr: it is said that the lion, jaguar, and leopard do not purr. 1916 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion ii. 42 The lion..purrs like a motor car. 1961 R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife ii. 38 Two runted pearl-gray kittens purred and rubbed themselves against Rich's legs. 1999 G. Bear Darwin's Radio viii. 50 Kay picked him up and skritched him under the neck and he purred and mewed. b. intransitive. Of a non-feline animal: to utter a sound resembling a cat's purr. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > purr curr1677 purra1680 a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) 106 Another night strangers being present; it [sc. a demon] purr'd in the Childrens Bed like a Cat. 1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 148 The young hens pur and leap. 1899 Longman's Mag. Dec. 155 A night-jar is still ‘purring’, as Tom Hughes expressed it, from a belt of trees. 1988 S. Gray How's that for telling 'em, Fat Lady? ii. 20 She would sort of purr with her beak, a cluck, cluck, purring sound, of sheer happiness. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 7 June 20 They [sc. hares] can purr, snort and make a sound like the click-clack of loose dentures! 2. In extended use. a. intransitive. Of a thing: to make a sound resembling a cat's purr, as that caused by rapid vibrations, boiling or bubbling liquid, the working of an engine, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [verb (intransitive)] > purr purr1657 murr1807 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 61 The huming Bird..never sitting, but purring with her wings, all the time she staies with the flower. 1747 J. Hervey Medit. II. 51 He..blesses his good Fortune, if no frightful Sound purred at his Heels. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiii. 199 Mary placed it [sc. the kettle] over the stove, where it was soon purring and steaming. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xvi. 304 The soft-coal fire in the grate purred and flickered. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 487 His lawnmower begins to purr. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxx. 190 Jay's Rolls purred along the Cromwell Road. 1994 Action Asia Aug. 112/3 A stove soon began to purr from within the kitchen tent, and everyone was glad to huddle inside with a hot cup of tea. b. intransitive. Of a person: to express chiefly pleasure or satisfaction by low, murmuring sounds; to speak in a low, soft voice, esp. seductively. Also: to behave in a self-satisfied or seductive manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be contented or satisfied [verb (intransitive)] > express contentment or satisfaction to rub one's hands1576 purr1658 the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > be complacent [verb (intransitive)] purr1658 1658 R. Flecknoe Enigmaticall Characters 71 She sitting purring in the Chimney-corner like a melancholly Cat, mumping like an old Ape when she saluteth you. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love ii. 13 We love to get our Mistresses, and purr over 'em. 1726 G. Odingsells Capricious Lovers iii. ix. 35 I soon found she lik'd the sport; for she would purr like a Cat, and grin till she shew'd her Teeth. 1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in Wks. (1812) II. 204 The Doctor Who purring for preferment, slily mouses. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iii. 55 I never saw an author..that did not purr as audibly as a full-grown domestic cat..on having his fur smoothed in the right way by a skilful hand. 1889 T. A. Trollope What I Remember III. xxiii. 337 His audience purred with sympathetic tenderness. 1938 Amer. Home June 7/1 (advt.) The Keeper of the Wampum in our family practically purrs when he gets our electric bills. 1969 G. Gildner First Pract. 37 She doesn't squirm, this Indian bitch, she purrs—she's got the classic lines, the stuff to go. 1996 Time Out 31 July 163/4 Greer purrs fetchingly as proprietress of the local gambling den. 3. transitive. To utter or express by purring; to say in a low, soft voice. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (transitive)] > purr purr1740 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [verb (transitive)] > miscellaneous actions of purr1740 kit1758 kitten1824 knead1954 1740 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 117 Jenny Tic purred out what consolation she could. 1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat ii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 268 She [sc. the cat] saw; and purr'd applause. 1858 Hornellsville (N.Y.) Tribune 9 Sept. 1/2 The cat that purrs its gratitude for a morsel of meat, will clear our house of rats. 1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 70 ‘You said he was not to be murdered’, purred Chapel. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 176 The quaker librarian purred:—And we have, have we not, those priceless pages of Wilhelm Meister? 1954 J. Thompson Hell of Woman (1990) xi. 87 He checked through my collection cards, and counted my cash. ‘A little light, Frank,’ he purred, looking up at me at last. 1994 Big Issue 5 Dec. 17/2 ‘You'll be OK’ the cat purrs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purrint. Brit. /pəː/, U.S. /pər/ Forms: 1500s purre, 1500s pyr, 1800s– pur (English regional (west midlands)). Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently imitative. Compare purr v.² Now rare (English regional (west midlands)). Used as a call to pigs or turkeys. Formerly also in extended use. ΚΠ 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. J.ii^v They say in my contrye when they call theyr hogs to y^e swine trough. Come to thy myngle mangle, come pyr come pyr. 1560 T. Becon Displaying Popish Masse in Wks. iii. 50 Ye tarry for no man; but, having a boye to help you say Masse, ye go to your myngle mangle, and never call purre to you. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 62 Some discourses of mine, which were a mingle mangle cum purre, and I knew not what to make of my selfe. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Call-words to poultry,..Turkeys,..pur, pur, pur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1357n.²?1577n.³a1616n.⁴?1711adj.1578v.¹a1398v.²1620int.1549
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