purgery

purgery
a) A part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from sugar.
b) An eggcorn misspelling of "perjury".

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  • Purgery — Pur ger*y, n. The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • purgery — “bleaching room for sugar,” 1858, from Fr. purgerie (19c.), from purger (see PURGE (Cf. purge)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • purgery — purg·ery …   English syllables

  • purgery — A room in which hogsheads full of sugar are placed in a standing or upright position for the purpose of being drained of the molasses contained in the sugar. V. & A. Meyer & Co. v Queen Ins. Co. 41 La Ann 1000, 6 So 899 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • purgery — jərē noun ( es) Etymology: French purgerie, from purger to purge (from Old French purgier) + erie ery : the part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from the sugar …   Useful english dictionary

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