Definition of purl

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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..

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Purloin :: Purloin (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.
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..
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..
Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Purl :: Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..
Purling :: Purling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pur.
Purl :: Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook..
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..
Purlin :: Purlin (n.) Alt. of Purlin.
Cabbage :: Cabbage (n.) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
Purloining :: Purloining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purloi.
Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..
Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..
Purl :: Purl (n.) A tern.
Purloined :: Purloined (imp. & p. p.) of Purloi.
Pourlieu :: Pourlieu (n.) See Purlieu.
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