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Definition of Purling
1. n. The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing.
Definition of Purling
1. Verb. (present participle of purl) ¹
2. Noun. the motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purling
1. an inversion of stitches in knitting [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purling
Literary usage of Purling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Those who hold the doctrine of particular election and reprobation. " purling is
euch sweet sorrow. Tliat I «hall say ' Good «lebt ' im it be morrow ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"A pastoral of an hundred lines may »e endured; but who will hear of sheep and
goats, apd myrtle bowers and purling ..."
3. Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1850)
"32, third edition. a purling stream running by it, a beautiful garden, a Belvedere,
with rare figures of ..."
4. Adventure Guide to the Champlain and Hudson River Valleys: Including the by Patricia Foulke, Robert Foulke (2001)
"purling Bavarian Manor Country Inn and Restaurant dates from 1865 and is family-run.
... Route 24, purling, NY 12470, o 518-622-3261, fax 518-622-2338. ..."
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