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Eudiometer :: Eudiometer (n.) An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.

Impureness :: Impureness (n.) The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.

Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat..

Blood :: Blood (n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.

Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

Holiness :: Holiness (n.) The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.

Latinity :: Latinity (n.) The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom..

Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness..

Hall-mark :: Hall-mark (n.) The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers..

Corruption :: Corruption (n.) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery..

Debauch :: Debauch (n.) To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army..

Purity :: Purity (n.) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life..

Ermine :: Ermine (n.) By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain..

Purity :: Purity (n.) The condition of being pure.

Touchstone :: Touchstone (n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.

Debase :: Debase (a.) To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words..

Saturation :: Saturation (n.) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.

Impeachment :: Impeachment (n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives..

Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity..

Barbarism :: Barbarism (n.) An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.

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