Definition of Purlicues

1. purlicue [v] - See also: purlicue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purlicues

puritanized
puritanizes
puritanizing
puritans
purities
purity
purity rings
purl
purl stitch
purled
purler
purlers
purlicue
purlicued
purlicues (current term)
purlieu
purlieus
purlieux
purlin
purline
purlines
purling
purlings
purlins
purloin
purloined
purloiner
purloiners
purloining

Literary usage of Purlicues

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Northamptonshire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly Journal by Christopher Alexander Markham (1890)
"... nor any other Engine to take or kill the Deer withall but only chasing with his Dogge. 5. Ho must not hunt his purlicues in the night tyme nor on the ..."

2. Northamptonshire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly Journal by Christopher Alexander Markham (1894)
"... nor any other Engine to take or kill the Deer withall but only chasing with his Dogge. 6. lie must not hunt his purlicues in the night tyme nor on tho ..."

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