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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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..

Purl :: Purl (n.) A tern.

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.

Purl :: Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices..

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

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..

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

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

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