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Pourlieu :: Pourlieu (n.) See Purlieu.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Purloined :: Purloined (imp. & p. p.) of Purloi.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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