purging
21purging contempt — To free one s self from guilt of contempt of court. See purgation by oath …
22purging tort — See purge of wrong …
23purging usury — Removing the taint of usury, as by abandoning the usurious agreement and the execution of a new obligation for the amount of the actual debt, free from the usury, and bearing legal interest. 55 Am J1st Usury § 97 …
24purging cassia — noun deciduous or semi evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia • Syn: ↑golden shower tree, ↑drumstick tree,… …
25purging agaric — noun Etymology: from present participle of purge (I) : a common white pore fungus (Fomes officinalis) of Europe and America that causes a heart rot of various conifers and has been used as a purgative in human medicine called also white agaric …
26purging buckthorn — noun : a common arborescent European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) that is widely naturalized in the eastern United States and has purgative black berries and bark …
27purging croton — noun : an East Indian shrub or small tree (Croton tiglium) whose seeds yield croton oil …
28purging house — noun Etymology: from gerund of purge (I) : purgery …
29purging root — noun Etymology: from present participle of purge (I) : the root of the flowering spurge …
30purging nut. — See physic nut. [1750 60] …