2. Verb. (third-person singular of purl) ¹
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Definition of Purls
1. purl [v] - See also: purl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purls
Literary usage of Purls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"dehydrated sulphate of lime, or, in other words, the plaster of purls formed by
the calcination of tho cement. The quantity of caustic lime which is present ..."
2. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"Some purls of the rite are exceedingly curious, especially those which accompany
the breaking of the host. ..."
3. Supplement to the Codes of California: Embracing the General Statutes, the by California, James Henry Deering (1893)
"... eighteen hundred and ninety- five. SEC. 236.. All acts and purls of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. ..."
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