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Purtier

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• Purtiest

  [pur-tee] /ˈpɜr ti/ adjective, Dialect. 1. pretty. adj. 1829, representing a colloquial pronunciation of pretty (adj.).

• Purty

  [pur-tee] /ˈpɜr ti/ adjective, Dialect. 1. pretty. adj. 1829, representing a colloquial pronunciation of pretty (adj.).

• Purulence

  [pyoo r-uh-luh ns, pyoo r-yuh-] /ˈpyʊər ə ləns, ˈpyʊər yə-/ noun 1. the condition of containing or forming . 2. . purulence pu·ru·lence (pyur’ə-ləns, pyur’yə-) n.

• Purloin

  [per-loin, pur-loin] /pərˈlɔɪn, ˈpɜr lɔɪn/ verb (used with object) 1. to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer. verb (used without object) 2. to commit theft; steal. /pɜːˈlɔɪn/ verb 1. to take (something) dishonestly; steal v. mid-14c., “remove, misappropriate,” from Anglo-French purloigner “remove,” Old French porloigner “put off, retard, delay, drag out; be far away,” from por- […]

• Purlin-plate

  noun, Carpentry. 1. (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.

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