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Purling

To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

📖 Definitions of "Purling"

verb
  1. 1

    To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

    "Needlework purled with gold."

  2. 2

    An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc

    "Knit one, purl two."

verb
  1. 1

    To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.

    "The huntsman was purled from his horse."

verb
  1. 1

    To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.

  2. 2

    To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

noun
  1. 1

    The motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound.

    "the purlings of the stream"

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