Definition of purl

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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..

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Purl :: Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
Purl :: Purl (n.) A tern.
Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..
Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..
Purloin :: Purloin (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Purl :: Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band..
Cabbage :: Cabbage (v. i.) To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer..
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
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..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..
Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.
Purled :: Purled (imp. & p. p.) of Pur.
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
Purlin :: Purlin (n.) Alt. of Purlin.
Pourlieu :: Pourlieu (n.) See Purlieu.
Purl :: Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook..
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