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HaematoporphyrinHaematoporphyrin H[ae]m`a*to*por"phy*rin, n. [H[ae]mato- + Gr.
? purple.] (Physiol. Chem.)
See H[ae]matoin. Oliva porphyriaPorphyry Por"phy*ry, n.; pl. Porphyries. [F. porphyre, L.
porphyrites, fr. Gr. ? like purple, fr. ? purple. See
Purple.] (Geol.)
A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting
of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which
crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There
are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly
esteemed as marbles.
Porphyry shell (Zo["o]l.), a handsome marine gastropod
shell (Oliva porphyria), having a dark red or brown
polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry. Porphyra laciniataLaver La"ver (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for
making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva
latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P.
vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
sloke, or sloakan.
Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains Porphyraceous
Porphyraceous Por`phy*ra"ceous, a.
Porphyritic.
Porphyre
Porphyre Por"phyre, n.
Porphyry. [Obs.] --Locke.
PorphyriesPorphyry Por"phy*ry, n.; pl. Porphyries. [F. porphyre, L.
porphyrites, fr. Gr. ? like purple, fr. ? purple. See
Purple.] (Geol.)
A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting
of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which
crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There
are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly
esteemed as marbles.
Porphyry shell (Zo["o]l.), a handsome marine gastropod
shell (Oliva porphyria), having a dark red or brown
polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry. Porphyrio bellusSwamp Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.
zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. &
Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]
Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
seashore.
Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.
--Tennyson.
A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing
trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only
herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming
Encyc. (E.
Edwards,
Words).
Swamp blackbird. (Zo["o]l.) See Redwing
(b) .
Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage.
Swamp deer (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus
Duvaucelli) of India.
Swamp hen. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus);
-- called also goollema.
(b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis);
-- called also little swamp hen.
(c) The European purple gallinule.
Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub (Azalea, or
Rhododendron, viscosa) growing in swampy places, with
fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with
rose; -- called also swamp pink.
Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling
logs. Cf. Cant hook.
Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie.
Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small
leaves with the lower surface glaucous.
Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple.
Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak
which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak
(Quercus palustris), swamp white oak (Q. bicolor),
swamp post oak (Q. lyrata).
Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite.
Swamp partridge (Zo["o]l.), any one of several Australian
game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria,
allied to the European partridges.
Swamp robin (Zo["o]l.), the chewink.
Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the
genus Magnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and
fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet
bay.
Swamp sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a common North American sparrow
(Melospiza Georgiana, or M. palustris), closely
resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy
places.
Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy. Porphyrio porphyrioGallinule Gal"li*nule, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of
gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a
frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are
remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating
plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis
Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio.
The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also
called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot,
night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to
it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).
Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was
formerly believed to be able to detect and report
adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly
domesticated by the ancients. Porphyrite
Porphyrite Por"phy*rite, n. (Min.)
A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite.
Porphyritic
Porphyritic Por`phy*rit"ic, a. [Cf. F. porphyritique.] (Min.)
Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized
by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz,
or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic
or cryptocrystalline.
Porphyritic granite Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of
a regular arrangement.
Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar
without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged
in the transverse section like oriental characters.
Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in
distinct crystals.
Hornblende granite, or
Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as
mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende
replacing the mica.
Granite ware.
(a) A kind of stoneware.
(b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling
granite. Porphyrization
Porphyrization Por`phy*ri*za"tion, n.
The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized.
Porphyrize
Porphyrize Por`phy*rize, v. t. [Cf. F. porphyriser, Gr. ? to
purplish.]
To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in
composition, like porphyry.
Porphyrogenitism
Porphyrogenitism Por`phy*ro*gen"i*tism, n. [LL. porphyro
genitus, fr. Gr. ?; ? purple + root of ? to be born.]
The principle of succession in royal families, especially
among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if
born after the accession of his father to the throne, was
preferred to an elder son who was not so born. --Sir T.
Palgrave.
PorphyryPorphyry Por"phy*ry, n.; pl. Porphyries. [F. porphyre, L.
porphyrites, fr. Gr. ? like purple, fr. ? purple. See
Purple.] (Geol.)
A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting
of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which
crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There
are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly
esteemed as marbles.
Porphyry shell (Zo["o]l.), a handsome marine gastropod
shell (Oliva porphyria), having a dark red or brown
polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry. Porphyry shellPorphyry Por"phy*ry, n.; pl. Porphyries. [F. porphyre, L.
porphyrites, fr. Gr. ? like purple, fr. ? purple. See
Purple.] (Geol.)
A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting
of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which
crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There
are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly
esteemed as marbles.
Porphyry shell (Zo["o]l.), a handsome marine gastropod
shell (Oliva porphyria), having a dark red or brown
polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry.
Meaning of Porphyr from wikipedia
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Porphyry of Tyre (/ˈpɔːrfɪri/; Koinē Gr****: Πορφύριος, romanized: Porphýrios; c. 234 – c. AD 305) was a
Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre,
Roman Phoenicia...
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Byzantine Emperor Komnenos[broken anchor]:
Purpur (
porphyr red) a double-headed
eagle displa**** Or. The
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Strabo ii. Amm. Marc. ****i. 3. § 3; Jornand. Get. 5; Const.
Porphyr. de Adm. Imp. 8 Herod. iv. 11, 47, 82; Scylax, p. 29; Strab. i. p. 14;...
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Porphyry (/ˈpɔːrfəri/ POR-fə-ree) is any of
various granites or
igneous rocks with co****-grained
crystals such as
feldspar or
quartz dis****d in a fine-grained...
- 34, col. 197 К. Грот, Известия о сербах и хорватах, стр. 125–127 Const.
Porphyr., De admin, imp., ed. Bon, cap. 31, p. 150–151 Gjuzelev, p. 130 Bulgarian...
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Porfirio (disambiguation),
various uses,
including a
Spanish surname Porfiry...
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polymyositis por- pore,
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porphyr-
denotes a
purple color Gr**** πορφύρα (porphúra),
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Rochlitz Porphyr, can be seen in the Mannerist-style
sculpted portal outside the
chapel entrance in
Colditz Castle. The
trade name
Rochlitz Porphyr is the...
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Schmitz 1870. Porphyry, Vit. Plot. 14; Proclus, Ad Plat. Tim. Eunapius,
Porphyr. init.; Porphyry, Vit. Plot.;
Historia Augusta, Aurelian. 30; Suda, Longinos...
