Pur"ging (?), a.
That purges; cleansing.
Purging flax Bot., an annual European plant of the genus Linum (L. catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.
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Pur"ging, n. Med.
The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.
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