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pur·fle (pûr

tr.v. pur·fled, pur·fling, pur·fles

To finish or decorate the border or edge of.

n. also pur·fling (-fl

ng)

An ornamental border or edging.

[Middle English purfilen, from Old French porfiler, from Vulgar Latin *prflre : Latin pr-, forth; see pro-¹ + Latin flum, thread; see g^wh- in Indo-European roots.]

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