PURL
PURL, noun [supposed to be contracted from purfle.]1. An embroidered and puckered border.2. A kind of edging for bone-lace.PURL, noun A species of malt liquor; ale or beer medic...
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PURLIEU
PURLIEU, noun pur'lu. A border; a limit; a certain limited extent or district; originally, the ground near a royal forest, which being severed from it, was made purlieu that is,...
PURLIN
PUR'LIN, noun In architecture, a piece of timber extending from end to end of a building or roof, across and under the rafters, to support them in the middle.
PURLING
PURL'ING, participle present tense [from purl.] Murmuring or gurgling, as a brook.PURL'ING, noun The continued gentle murmur of a small stream.
PURLOIN
PURLOIN', verb transitive1. Literally, to take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft.Your butler purloins your liquor.2. To take by plagiarism; to stea...
PURLOINED
PURLOIN'ED, participle passive Stolen; taken by plagiarism.
PURLOINER
PURLOIN'ER, noun A thief; a plagiary.
PURLOINING
PURLOIN'ING, participle present tense Stealing; committing literary theft.PURLOIN'ING, noun Theft; plagiarism.
PURPARTY
PUR'PARTY, noun In law, a share, part or portion of an estate, which is allotted to a co-parcener by partition.
PURPLE
PUR'PLE, adjective [Latin purpureus; purpura, a shell from which the color was obtained.]1. Designating a color composed of red and blue blended, much admired, and formerly the ...
PURPLES
PUR'PLES, nounplural Spots of a livid red on the body; livid eruptions which appear in certain malignant diseases; a purple fever.
PURPLISH
PUR'PLISH, adjective Somewhat purple.
PURPORT
PUR'PORT, noun1. Design or tendency; as the purport of Plato's dialogue.2. Meaning; import; as the purport of a word or phrase.PUR'PORT, verb transitive To intend; to intend to ...
PURPORTED
PUR'PORTED, participle passive Designed; intended; meant.
PURPORTING
PUR'PORTING, participle present tense Designing; intending; importing.
PURPOSE
PUR'POSE, noun [Latin propositum, propono; pro, before, and pono, to set or place.]1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end...
PURPOSED
PUR'POSED, participle passive Intended; designed; applied to things.1. Resolved; having formed a design or resolution; applied to persons.I am purposed that my mouth shall not t...
PURPOSELESS
PUR'POSELESS, adjective Having no effect. [Little used.]
PURPOSELY
PUR'POSELY, adverb By design; intentionally; with predetermination.In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all offensive and displeasing truths.So much they scorn the ...
PURPRESTURE
PUR'PRESTURE, noun In law, a nuisance, consisting in an inclosure of or encroachment on something that belongs to the public; as a house erected or inclosure made on the king's ...
PURPRISE
PUR'PRISE, noun A close or inclosure; also, the whole compass of a manor.
PURPURATE
PUR'PURATE, noun A compound of purpuric acid and a salifiable base.
PURPURE
PUR'PURE, noun In heraldry, purple, represented in engraving by diagonal lines.
PURPURIC
PUR'PURIC, adjectivepurpuric acid is produced by the action of nitric acid upon the lithic or uric acid.
PURR
PURR, verb intransitive To murmur as a cat. [See Pur.]PURR, noun A sea lark.
PURRE
PURRE, noun Cyderkin or perkin; the liquor made by steeping the gross matter of pressed apples.
PURRING
PUR'RING, participle present tense Murmuring as a cat.