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

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

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

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

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

Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.

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

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

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

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

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

Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.

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..

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

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 (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

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

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..

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