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Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..

Cabbage :: Cabbage (n.) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.

Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers..

Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..

Purl :: Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.

Purloiner :: Purloiner (n.) One who purloins.

Purloin :: Purloin (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.

Plagiarist :: Plagiarist (n.) One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary..

Purled :: Purled (imp. & p. p.) of Pur.

Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.

Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton..

Cabbage :: Cabbage (v. i.) To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer..

Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..

Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.

Purlin :: Purlin (n.) Alt. of Purlin.

Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..

Purloining :: Purloining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purloi.

Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.

Purl :: Purl (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

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