Lexicographical Neighbors of Purlicue
Literary usage of Purlicue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Horsehair is purled thus in making snares for bird-catching in winter. Compare SHIRL.
" purlicue, the space enclosed by the extended fore-finger and thumb. ..."
2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"Horsehair is purled thus in making snares for bird-catching in winter. Compare SHIRL.
" purlicue, the space enclosed by the extended fore-finger and thumb. ..."
3. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, & Affinity to Other by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"purlicue, or CURLICUE, a flourish in writing—a dash at the end of a word. ...
purlicue, the space inclosed by the extended fore finger and thumb. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"purlicue. A flourish in writing. PURLINS. Those pieces of timber that lie across
the rafters on the inside, ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"purlicue, ». A flourish in writing. PURLINS, ». Timbers which lie inside the
rafters to strengthen them. PCRL-ROYAL, ». ..."
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