purl

Meaning of purl

noun
  1. A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
  2. The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
  3. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
verb
  1. To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
    Needlework purled with gold.
  2. An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
    Knit one, purl two.

noun

A heavy or headlong fall; an upset.

verb
  1. To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
    The huntsman was purled from his horse.
noun
  1. A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
  2. A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
    the purl of a brook
verb
  1. To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
  2. To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
noun
  1. Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.
  2. Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.

noun

A tern.

Information about purl

  • The plural form of purl is: purls.
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Hyphenation of purl

purl

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • purl is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

purl synonyms

Meaning eddy:

eddy, whirlpool, swirl, whirl

Words that rhyme with purl

spurl, outpurl

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