purging adjective. ['pǝ:dʒɪŋ] M16.
[from PURGE verb + -ING².]
That purges; esp. purgative, strongly laxative.
purging BUCKTHORN purging flax: see FLAX noun. purging nut (a) (the seed of) the physic-nut, Jatropha curcas, the source of pulza-oil; (b) (the seed of) the tree Croton tiglium, the source of croton oil.

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purging verbal noun. ['pǝ:dʒɪŋ] LME.
[from PURGE verb + -ING¹.]
The action or an act or purging; esp. evacuation of the bowels, freq. as the result of taking a laxative.
■ A. Blaisdell There had been..violent vomiting and purging, blood being present in both evacuations.

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