These are the meanings of the letters PROUL when you unscramble them.
- Loup (n.)
See 1st Loop.
- Lour (n.)
An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.
- Pour (a.)
Poor.
- Pour (n.)
A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.
- Pour (v. i.)
To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater.
- Pour (v. i.)
To pore.
- Pour (v. t.)
To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust.
- Pour (v. t.)
To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
- Pour (v. t.)
To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- Purl (n.)
A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
- Purl (n.)
A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.
- Purl (n.)
A tern.
- Purl (n.)
An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
- Purl (n.)
An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
- Purl (n.)
Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
- Purl (v. & n.)
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
- Purl (v. i.)
To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions.
- Purl (v. t.)
To decorate with fringe or embroidery.
- Roup (n.)
A disease in poultry. See Pip.
- Roup (n.)
An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction.
- Roup (v. i. & t.)
To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction.