An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Su. G. porl-a, scaturire.

2. Dried cow-dung, used for fuel, Fife, S. A.

PURLICUE, PARLICUE, s.
1. A flourish at the end of a word in writing, Aberd.

Fr. pour le queue, q. for the tail.

2. In pl. whims, trifling oddities, Ang.

PURLIE-PIG, s.
V. [Pirlie-pig].

PURPOSE-LIKE, adj. Apparently well qualified for any business, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

PURPRESTRE, s. A violation of the property of a superior.
Reg. Maj.

Fr. pourprendre, invadere.

PURRAY, PURRY, s. A species of fur.