purling
/P ER1 L IH0 NG/verb
- 1
To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
“Needlework purled with gold.”
- 2
An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
“Knit one, purl two.”
verb
- 1
To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
“The huntsman was purled from his horse.”
verb
- 1
To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
- 2
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
noun
- 1
The motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound.
“the purlings of the stream”
adjective
- 1
That purls; rippling, eddying.
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