Definition of purls Purls
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What does purls mean?
Wiktionary 
- purls (Noun)
Plural of purl.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: purls |
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| purl - a basic knitting stitch | ||
| purl stitch | ||
| knitting stitch a stitch taken in knitting | ||
| purl - gold or silver wire thread | ||
| yarn, thread a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | ||
Verb |
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| purl - embroider with gold or silver thread | ||
| broider, embroider add details to | ||
| purl - edge or border with gold or silver embroidery | ||
| broider, embroider add details to | ||
| purl - knit with a purl stitch | ||
| knit make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf" | ||
| handicraft a craft that requires skillful hands | ||
| purl - flow in a circular current, of liquids | ||
| eddy, whirlpool, swirl, whirl | ||
| course, flow, feed, run hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares" | ||
| purl - make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" | ||
| sough | ||
| make noise, noise, resound emit a noise | ||
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Wiktionary
- purl (Noun)
A particular stitch in knitting. - purl (Noun)
The edge of lace trimmed with loops. - purl (Noun)
A heavy or headlong fall; an upset. - purl (Noun)
A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple. - purl (Noun)
A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions. - purl (Noun)
Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic. - purl (Noun)
Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices. - purl (Noun)
A tern. - purl (Verb)
To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge. - purl (Verb)
An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc. - purl (Verb)
To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong. - purl (Verb)
To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- purl (v. t.)
To decorate with fringe or embroidery. - purl (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. - purl (n.)
An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance. - purl (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. - purl (v. & n.)
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle. - purl (n.)
A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple. - purl (n.)
A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook. - purl (n.)
Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices. - purl (n.)
A tern.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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purl
purl, v.i. to flow with a murmuring sound, as a stream over small stones: to ripple: to flow in eddies: to curl or swirl.—v.t. to whirl about: to unseat.—n. a soft murmuring sound, as of a stream among stones: an eddy or ripple.—n. Purl′ing, the act of flowing with a gentle, murmuring sound: the murmuring sound of a small stream. [Prob. freq. of purr; cf. Sw. porla, Ger. perlen, to bubble.] -
purl
purl, v.t. to fringe with a waved edging, as lace: to invert stitches.—n. an embroidered border: a hem or fringe of twisted gold or silver thread: a ribbed or wavy appearance caused by inverted stitches: a kind of 16th-cent. lace. [Purfle.] -
purl
purl, n. ale warmed and spiced
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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purl
Ale in which wormwood has been infused, or ale and bitters drunk warm.
