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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..

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

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..

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

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

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

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

Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.

Purl :: Purl (n.) A tern.

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..

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..

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

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

Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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