Definition of Purple sandpiper. Meaning of Purple sandpiper. Synonyms of Purple sandpiper
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Definition of Purple sandpiper
Purple sandpiper Purple Pur"ple, a.
1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much
esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or
red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been
an emblem of imperial authority.
Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley.
3. Blood-red; bloody.
May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak.
I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a
purple blood. --Dryden.
Purple bird (Zo["o]l.), the European purple gallinule. See
under Gallinule.
Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite.
Purple grackle (Zo["o]l.), the crow blackbird. See under
Crow.
Purple martin. See under Martin.
Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper.
Purple shell. See Ianthina.