Lexic.us

Definition of Purl

1. Noun. Gold or silver wire thread.

2. Verb. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.

3. Noun. A basic knitting stitch.

4. Verb. Make a murmuring sound. "The water was purling"

5. Verb. Knit with a purl stitch. "They purl the cape "

6. Verb. Edge or border with gold or silver embroidery.

7. Verb. Embroider with gold or silver thread.

Definition of Purl

1. v. t. To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

2. n. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

3. v. i. To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions.

4. n. A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.

Definition of Purl

1. to knit with a particular stitch [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purl

puritan puritanic puritanical puritanically Puritanism puritanisms puritans purities purity Purkinje

Purkinje's system Purkinje's tissue Purkinje cell Purkinje fiber Purkinje network purl (current term) purled purler purlers purlicue

purlicued purlicues purlieu purlieus purlin purline purlines purling purlings purlins

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