Pyree vs Puree - What's the difference?
pyree | puree |
(obsolete, rare) A temple devoted to fire among the ancient Persians.
*1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , II:
*:But more usefull to our intellect, is the long time famous'd Mountaine Albors , neere this place; infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages.
*1841 , The Existence of Christ Disproved , London 1841, p. 63:
*:The fire Ether, which they supposed to circulate throughout the universe, was represented in their pyrees , or fire temples, by the sacred fire kept continually alive by the Magi, or priests [...].
*1892 , Notes and Queries , vol. LXXXVI:
*:In Persia the temples of fire are called Pyrees ; the most celebrated is that of Baalbec, the city of the sun.
A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid (e.g. tomato sauce is generally a puree).
(cooking) To crush or grind food into a purée.
