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

Pourlieu :: Pourlieu (n.) See Purlieu.

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 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..

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

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

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

Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers..

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

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

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

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.

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..

Purlin :: Purlin (n.) Alt. of Purlin.

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..

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..

Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..

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