Purpure

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purpure \Pur"pure\, n. [L. purpura purple. See {Purple}.] (Her.)
     Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines
     declining from the right top to the left base of the
     escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
     [1913 Webster]