Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of Veronica, V. Beccabunga, found in moist places; brook-lime.
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Cresses or water-purpie, and a bit ait-cake, can serve the
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Cresses or water-purpie, and a bit ait-cake, can serve the Master for breakfast as weel as Caleb.
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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