purl
Fetched 2026-10-28 (live).
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Noun
- A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
- The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
- An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
Verb
- To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
- Needlework purled with gold.
- To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.
- Knit one, purl two.
- Stockinette fabric is created by knitting the right-side rows and purling the wrong-side rows.
Noun
- a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
Verb
- To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
- The huntsman was purled from his horse.
Verb
- To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
- To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
Noun
- A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
- A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
- the purl of a brook
Noun
- Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.
- Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
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