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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Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
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..
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist..
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..
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..
Purloiner :: Purloiner (n.) One who purloins.
Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..
Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..
Cabbage :: Cabbage (v. i.) To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer..
Purloined :: Purloined (imp. & p. p.) of Purloi.
Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..
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..
Cabbage :: Cabbage (n.) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
Purloining :: Purloining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purloi.
Purl :: Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
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