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Purline
- - In roof construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals
- In roof construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.
Purling
- verb - edge or border with gold or silver embroidery
- embroider with gold or silver thread
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- knit with a purl stitch
- make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling"
Purring
- verb - indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats
- make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"
Pursing
- verb - contract one's lips into a rounded shape
- gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"
Purview
- noun - the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"
Sarcina
- - A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.
Sardine
- noun - a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
- any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
- small fatty fish usually canned
- small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring