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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Cabbage :: Cabbage (n.) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist..
Purloiner :: Purloiner (n.) One who purloins.
Purling :: Purling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pur.
Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.
Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..
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..
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.) 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..
Purl :: Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook..
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..
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
Purled :: Purled (imp. & p. p.) of Pur.
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 tern.
Pourlieu :: Pourlieu (n.) See Purlieu.
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..
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..
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