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Purlieu

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(1):

(n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.

(2):

(n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Purlieu'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/purlieu.html. 1828.
 
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