n. (Chem.) A bitter purgative principle in aloes. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Eloign. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Eloignate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Eloignment. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Eloign. ] To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
From worldly cares he did himself esloin. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. loine, OF. logne, F. longe, from (assumed) LL. lumbea, L. lumbus join. Cf. Lends, Lumbar, Nombles. ]
n. A cloth covering for the loins, worn around the hips; -- sometimes worn in tropical areas as the only article of clothing.
n. [ From Natal aloes. ] (Chem.) A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Had from his wakeful custody purloined
The guarded gold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To practice theft; to steal. Titus ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who purloins. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ A corruption of surloin. Not so called because this cut of beef was once jocosely knighted (dubbed Sir Loin) by an English king, as according to a popular story. ] A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.
n. [ F. surlonge; sur upon + longe loin. See Sur-, and Loin. ] A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography.
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