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Meaning of purling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

purling

verb

Definitions

  1. To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

    Example: Needlework purled with gold.

  2. An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc

    Example: Knit one, purl two.

verb

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

    Example: The huntsman was purled from his horse.

verb

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  1. To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.

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

noun

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

    Example: the purlings of the stream

adjective

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  1. That purls; rippling, eddying.