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Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood..

Purl :: Purl (n.) A tern.

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

Purl :: Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook..

Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..

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

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

Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist..

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

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

Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights..

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

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

Purling :: Purling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pur.

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

Crib :: Crib (n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons..

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

Purl :: Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions..

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

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

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