Definition of Purlicue

1. pirlicue [v PURLICUED, PURLICUING, PURLICUES] - See also: pirlicue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purlicue

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

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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