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purl¹ (pûrl)

intr.v. purled, purl·ing, purls

To flow or ripple with a murmuring sound.

The sound made by rippling water.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]

purl² also pearl (pûrl)

v. purled also pearled, purl·ing also pearl·ing, purls also pearls

v.tr.

1. To knit (yarn) with a purl stitch.

2. To edge or finish (a handkerchief, for example) with lace or embroidery.

v.intr.

1. To do knitting with a purl stitch.

2. To edge or finish with lace or embroidery.

1. Abbr. p. Inversion of a knit stitch; purl stitch.

2. A decorative edging of lace or embroidery.

3. Gold or silver wire used in embroidery.

[Origin unknown.]

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From the vague accounts we sometimes have of their beauty, many people are apt to picture to themselves enamelled and softly swelling plains, shaded over with delicious groves, and watered by purling brooks, and the entire country but little elevated above the surrounding ocean.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

If the truth must be told, I did not like his best things at first, but long remained chiefly attached to his rubbishing pastorals, which I was perpetually imitating, with a whole apparatus of swains and shepherdesses, purling brooks, enamelled meads, rolling years, and the like.

My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context

He spake no dream; for, as his words had end, Our Saviour, lifting up his eyes, beheld, In ample space under the broadest shade, A table richly spread in regal mode, With dishes piled and meats of noblest sort And savour--beasts of chase, or fowl of game, In pastry built, or from the spit, or boiled, Grisamber-steamed; all fish, from sea or shore, Freshet or purling brook, of shell or fin, And exquisitest name, for which was drained Pontus, and Lucrine bay, and Afric coast.

Paradise Regained by Milton, John View in context

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