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insulate (medicine) and purflewe (iou)


insulate (medicine)


insulate


1. To make an island of.

2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.

3. <physics> To prevent the transfer o electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.

<physics> Insulating stool, a stool with legs of glass or some Other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.

Origin: L. Insulatus insulated, fr. Insula island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.

Source: Websters Dictionary


purflewe (iou)



purflewe adjective. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
[Prob. ult. from PURFLE verb or noun.]
Heraldry. Having a bordure of a fur.