PURL

purl

Noun

  1. A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
  2. The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
  3. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
  2. A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
    the purl of a brook

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.
  2. Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.

Noun (etymology 5)

  1. A tern.

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 (etymology 2)

  1. To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
    The huntsman was purled from his horse.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
  2. To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.


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