The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . aving a milky juiir.—Mud-purslane,a waterwort, Elntine A inericana.— Sea-pUTSlane. (a) InGreat lirltain, Atrijtlex portnlnroidrs, the purslane orach, alow straggling sea-shore shrub. Oi) In .\merica, .^esiiviuniPortularasfruin,oi the wai-mer Atlantic shores and the sa-line or alkaline valleys of the southwestern United States,a lirostrate (leshy plant, loriuing mats sometimes 6 feetIjpoad; also, .S. pintandriini, sometimes erect, reachingnorth to New .lersey.
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . aving a milky juiir.—Mud-purslane,a waterwort, Elntine A inericana.— Sea-pUTSlane. (a) InGreat lirltain, Atrijtlex portnlnroidrs, the purslane orach, alow straggling sea-shore shrub. Oi) In .\merica, .^esiiviuniPortularasfruin,oi the wai-mer Atlantic shores and the sa-line or alkaline valleys of the southwestern United States,a lirostrate (leshy plant, loriuing mats sometimes 6 feetIjpoad; also, .S. pintandriini, sometimes erect, reachingnorth to New .lersey.—Water-purslane, (a) Pcplis Pnr-tula, {b) Luduigia palustris. (c) An American aquatic orsometimes teiTcstrial herb. TUdiplls linearis, of the Lythra-rietr, with opposite linear leaves and very small greenishflowers.— Wild purslane, a European species, KnplwrlnaPeplis, with j)rostrate Icaliess flowering branches whiclifork repeatedly, forming mats on maritime sands. purslane-tree (perslan-tre), «. The Africansliiiib IliriiiUiearia Afra. purslane-worm (inrslan-wenn), H. The larvaof ii moth, topidryas yloveri, which. , n, pursine-blocks; *. *, hooks which en-age eyes in the upper extremity of the purse-avit c. £?, gunwale: d, brace fastened to gun-?ale and also bolted at e to the thwart y. pursue feeds in enormous numbers on the wild purs-lane. [Western U. S.] pursuable (per-sua-bl), a. lipiirsiie + -able.]Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed,or prosecuted. pursual (per-sual), ». l<. ^nirsiie +-al.] Theact of pursuing;pursuit: as, qaiciipurs-ual,Soiitlity. [Rare.] pursuance (per-suans), n. [< 2)iirsu(iii{t) +-cc] The act of following or pursuing; pui-suit; prosecution: as, the pursuance of somedesign; in pursuance of orders. He being in pursuunce of the imperial army, the nextmorning, in a sudden fog that fell, the cavalry on bothsides being engaged, he was killed in the midst of thetroops. Howell, Letters, i. 0. (Latham.) Whet
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